Arkansas · Census place 0561670

Russellville, Arkansas

Russellville is a city in Pope County, Arkansas with an estimated 29,442 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
29,442
#16 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+494 people
Land area
28.3 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,040 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Russellville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Russellville population, 2020 to 2024

Russellville added 494 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +71. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Russellville is 2.6 times that size.

28.9k202029.0k202129.1k202229.4k202329.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 28,931. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Russellville covers 28.30 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,040 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Russellville is close to the typical town.

What county Russellville is in

All of Russellville's residents live in Pope County, which had 64,829 residents in 2024. Russellville holds 45.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Russellville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Russellville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72801, 72802. 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 Russellville is

The Census internal point of Russellville is at 35.276300, -93.138700. Little Rock, the capital, is 60.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Conway, AR (70,711 people), 40.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 58.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.276300, -93.138700
DMS
35°16'34.68"N 93°08'19.32"W
UTM
15N 487386.1E 3903693.2N
Geohash
9ymb8tf7q
Plus code
86787VG6+GG

Daylight in Russellville

At 35.28° N, Russellville 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 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Russellville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Dardanelle, 3.8 miles away, with 4,531 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Russellville, AR?

29,442 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 494 (1.7%) from 28,948 in July 2020.

What county is Russellville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Russellville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 72801, 72802.

How far is Russellville from Little Rock?

60.4 miles (97.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Russellville.

What is the nearest larger city to Russellville?

Conway, AR, with 70,711 residents, 40.4 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.

  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.