Arkansas · Census place 0547690

Mount Ida, Arkansas

Mount Ida is a city in Montgomery County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,020 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 185th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,020
#185 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-2 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
650 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Mount Ida. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Mount Ida population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Ida lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,022. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Ida covers 1.57 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 650 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Mount Ida is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mount Ida is in

All of Mount Ida's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 8,510 residents in 2024. Mount Ida holds 12.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Ida

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Ida by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71957. 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 Mount Ida is

The Census internal point of Mount Ida is at 34.549200, -93.629900. Little Rock, the capital, is 77.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glenwood, AR (2,032 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 73.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.549200, -93.629900
DMS
34°32'57.12"N 93°37'47.64"W
UTM
15N 442206.7E 3823233.1N
Geohash
9yjkt3kz9
Plus code
8668G9XC+M2

Daylight in Mount Ida

At 34.55° N, Mount Ida gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mount Ida

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Glenwood, 16.3 miles away, with 2,032 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Ida, AR?

1,020 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.2%) from 1,022 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Ida in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mount Ida?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71957.

How far is Mount Ida from Little Rock?

77.4 miles (124.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Mount Ida.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Ida?

Glenwood, AR, with 2,032 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.