Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock population, 2020 to 2024

Little Rock added 2,167 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +539. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 43rd; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Little Rock is 18.1 times that size.

Little Rock covers 121.24 square miles of land and 2.96 of water, for 1,689 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Little Rock is denser than the typical town.

What county Little Rock is in

All of Little Rock's residents live in Pulaski County, which had 401,209 residents in 2024. Little Rock holds 51.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Little Rock

13 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Little Rock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72103, 72201, 72202, 72204, 72205, 72206, 72207, 72209, 72210, 72211, 72212, 72223, 72227. 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 Little Rock is

The Census internal point of Little Rock is at 34.725400, -92.358600. Little Rock, the capital, is 4.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Memphis, TN (610,919 people), 138.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 137.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 85 m (279 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Little Rock

At 34.73° N, Little Rock gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Little Rock daylight page.

Places near Little Rock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Shannon Hills, 7.8 miles away, with 4,740 people.