Arkansas · Census place 0552580
Osceola, Arkansas
Osceola is a city in Mississippi County, Arkansas with an estimated 6,496 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 57th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,496
- #57 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -6.7%
- -463 people
- Land area
- 11.5 sq mi
- Density
- 567 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Osceola population, 2020 to 2024
Osceola lost 463 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.7%. In the latest year it moved by -100. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 65th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Osceola is 57% of it.
Osceola covers 11.45 square miles of land, for 567 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Osceola is less dense than the typical town.
What county Osceola is in
All of Osceola's residents live in Mississippi County, which had 38,095 residents in 2024. Osceola holds 17.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Osceola
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Osceola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72370. 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 Osceola is
The Census internal point of Osceola is at 35.690200, -89.988300. Little Rock, the capital, is 145.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blytheville, AR (12,359 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 40.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.690200, -89.988300
- DMS
- 35°41'24.72"N 89°59'17.88"W
- UTM
- 16N 229582.7E 3953704.3N
- Geohash
- dn25030w2
- Plus code
- 867GM2R6+3M
Daylight in Osceola
At 35.69° N, Osceola gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Osceola
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Manila, 16.7 miles away, with 3,736 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Osceola, AR?
6,496 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 463 (6.7%) from 6,959 in July 2020.
What county is Osceola in?
Mississippi County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Osceola?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72370.
How far is Osceola from Little Rock?
145.3 miles (233.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Osceola.
What is the nearest larger city to Osceola?
Blytheville, AR, with 12,359 residents, 17.5 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.