Arkansas · Census place 0545080
Melbourne, Arkansas
Melbourne is a city in Izard County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,879 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,879
- #139 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +46 people
- Land area
- 7.0 sq mi
- Density
- 270 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Melbourne population, 2020 to 2024
Melbourne added 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Melbourne covers 6.95 square miles of land, for 270 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Melbourne is less dense than the typical town.
What county Melbourne is in
All of Melbourne's residents live in Izard County, which had 14,291 residents in 2024. Melbourne holds 13.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Melbourne
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Melbourne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72556. 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 Melbourne is
The Census internal point of Melbourne is at 36.064000, -91.881500. Little Rock, the capital, is 93.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Horseshoe Bend, AR (2,574 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 96.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.064000, -91.881500
- DMS
- 36°03'50.40"N 91°52'53.40"W
- UTM
- 15N 600728.2E 3991625.9N
- Geohash
- 9yqtjjmbj
- Plus code
- 868C3479+J9
Daylight in Melbourne
At 36.06° N, Melbourne 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 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Melbourne
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Horseshoe Bend, 13.3 miles away, with 2,574 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Melbourne, AR?
1,879 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 46 (2.5%) from 1,833 in July 2020.
What county is Melbourne in?
Izard County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Melbourne?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72556.
How far is Melbourne from Little Rock?
93.8 miles (151.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Melbourne.
What is the nearest larger city to Melbourne?
Horseshoe Bend, AR, with 2,574 residents, 13.4 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.