Arkansas · Census place 0548290
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
Murfreesboro is a city in Pike County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,458 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 159th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,458
- #159 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -2.4%
- -36 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 396 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Murfreesboro population, 2020 to 2024
Murfreesboro lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -18.
Murfreesboro covers 3.68 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 396 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Murfreesboro is less dense than the typical town.
What county Murfreesboro is in
All of Murfreesboro's residents live in Pike County, which had 10,027 residents in 2024. Murfreesboro holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Murfreesboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Murfreesboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71958. 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 Murfreesboro is
The Census internal point of Murfreesboro is at 34.070300, -93.694100. Little Rock, the capital, is 92.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nashville, AR (3,984 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 88.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.070300, -93.694100
- DMS
- 34°04'13.08"N 93°41'38.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 435953.6E 3770168.1N
- Geohash
- 9yj3gfq1c
- Plus code
- 866838C4+49
Daylight in Murfreesboro
At 34.07° N, Murfreesboro gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Murfreesboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Nashville, 12.7 miles away, with 3,984 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Murfreesboro, AR?
1,458 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (2.4%) from 1,494 in July 2020.
What county is Murfreesboro in?
Pike County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Murfreesboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71958.
How far is Murfreesboro from Little Rock?
92.7 miles (149.3 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Murfreesboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Murfreesboro?
Nashville, AR, with 3,984 residents, 12.7 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.