Marion, Arkansas

Marion population, 2020 to 2024

Marion lost 237 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -133. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Marion is 1.2 times that size.

Marion covers 20.27 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 667 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Marion is less dense than the typical town.

What county Marion is in

All of Marion's residents live in Crittenden County, which had 46,633 residents in 2024. Marion holds 29.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marion

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72364. 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 Marion is

The Census internal point of Marion is at 35.204200, -90.206700. Little Rock, the capital, is 122.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Memphis, AR (23,538 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 15.0 miles away.

Daylight in Marion

At 35.20° N, Marion 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 Marion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is West Memphis, 3.8 miles away, with 23,538 people.