Arkansas · Census place 0562150

Salem, Arkansas

Salem is a city in Fulton County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,626 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 151st largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,626
#151 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+3.7%
+58 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
675 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Salem. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

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Salem population, 2020 to 2024

Salem added 58 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

1,56820201,57320211,60220221,60920231,6262024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,571. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Salem covers 2.41 square miles of land, for 675 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Salem is less dense than the typical town.

What county Salem is in

All of Salem's residents live in Fulton County, which had 12,546 residents in 2024. Salem holds 13.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Salem

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Salem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72576. 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 Salem is

The Census internal point of Salem is at 36.370400, -91.821700. Little Rock, the capital, is 115.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Horseshoe Bend, AR (2,574 people), 11.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 99.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.370400, -91.821700
DMS
36°22'13.44"N 91°49'18.12"W
UTM
15N 605700.8E 4025677.1N
Geohash
9yqwyt12z
Plus code
868C95CH+58

Daylight in Salem

At 36.37° N, Salem gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Salem

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Horseshoe Bend, 11.5 miles away, with 2,574 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Salem, AR?

1,626 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 58 (3.7%) from 1,568 in July 2020.

What county is Salem in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Salem?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72576.

How far is Salem from Little Rock?

115.2 miles (185.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Salem.

What is the nearest larger city to Salem?

Horseshoe Bend, AR, with 2,574 residents, 11.5 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.

  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.