Arkansas · Census place 0533970
Huntsville, Arkansas
Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Arkansas with an estimated 3,426 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,426
- #92 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- +18.5%
- +535 people
- Land area
- 5.4 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 634 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Huntsville population, 2020 to 2024
Huntsville added 535 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.5%. In the latest year it moved by +59.
Huntsville covers 5.40 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 634 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Huntsville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Huntsville is in
All of Huntsville's residents live in Madison County, which had 17,865 residents in 2024. Huntsville holds 19.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Huntsville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Huntsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72740. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Huntsville is
The Census internal point of Huntsville is at 36.098700, -93.733200. Little Rock, the capital, is 123.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elkins, AR (4,025 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 24.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.098700, -93.733200
- DMS
- 36°05'55.32"N 93°43'59.52"W
- UTM
- 15N 434000.3E 3995144.6N
- Geohash
- 9ymm759d4
- Plus code
- 868837X8+FP
Daylight in Huntsville
At 36.10° N, Huntsville gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Huntsville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Goshen, 15.0 miles away, with 2,383 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Huntsville, AR?
3,426 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 535 (18.5%) from 2,891 in July 2020.
What county is Huntsville in?
Madison County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Huntsville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72740.
How far is Huntsville from Little Rock?
123.8 miles (199.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Huntsville.
What is the nearest larger city to Huntsville?
Elkins, AR, with 4,025 residents, 17.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.