Arkansas · Census place 0546970

Morrilton, Arkansas

Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas with an estimated 7,185 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 55th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,185
#55 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+197 people
Land area
8.8 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
814 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Morrilton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Morrilton population, 2020 to 2024

Morrilton added 197 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +87. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Morrilton is 64% of it.

6,98820207,03320217,08820227,09820237,1852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,982. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Morrilton covers 8.83 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 814 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Morrilton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Morrilton is in

All of Morrilton's residents live in Conway County, which had 21,422 residents in 2024. Morrilton holds 33.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Morrilton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Morrilton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72110. 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 Morrilton is

The Census internal point of Morrilton is at 35.155500, -92.738900. Little Rock, the capital, is 38.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Conway, AR (70,711 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 36.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.155500, -92.738900
DMS
35°09'19.80"N 92°44'20.04"W
UTM
15N 523780.7E 3890318.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86795746+6C

Daylight in Morrilton

At 35.16° N, Morrilton 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 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Morrilton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Perryville, 10.6 miles away, with 1,406 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Morrilton, AR?

7,185 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 197 (2.8%) from 6,988 in July 2020.

What county is Morrilton in?

Conway County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Morrilton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72110.

How far is Morrilton from Little Rock?

38.0 miles (61.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Morrilton.

What is the nearest larger city to Morrilton?

Conway, AR, with 70,711 residents, 16.3 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.