Arkansas · Census place 0536430
Kensett, Arkansas
Kensett is a city in White County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,407 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 162nd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,407
- #162 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +8 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 752 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Kensett population, 2020 to 2024
Kensett added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Kensett covers 1.87 square miles of land, for 752 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Kensett is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kensett is in
All of Kensett's residents live in White County, which had 79,091 residents in 2024. Kensett holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kensett
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kensett by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72082. 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 Kensett is
The Census internal point of Kensett is at 35.235200, -91.671300. Little Rock, the capital, is 48.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Judsonia, AR (1,900 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 52.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.235200, -91.671300
- DMS
- 35°14'6.72"N 91°40'16.68"W
- UTM
- 15N 620901.8E 3899935.2N
- Geohash
- 9yqb3yqgz
- Plus code
- 867C68PH+3F
Daylight in Kensett
At 35.24° N, Kensett gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kensett
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Judsonia, 3.3 miles away, with 1,900 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kensett, AR?
1,407 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.6%) from 1,399 in July 2020.
What county is Kensett in?
White County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kensett?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72082.
How far is Kensett from Little Rock?
48.6 miles (78.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Kensett.
What is the nearest larger city to Kensett?
Judsonia, AR, with 1,900 residents, 3.3 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.