Arkansas · Census place 0563800

Sherwood, Arkansas

Sherwood is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas with an estimated 33,281 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
33,281
#13 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+475 people
Land area
20.8 sq mi
+ 0.41 sq mi water
Density
1,604 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Sherwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Sherwood population, 2020 to 2024

Sherwood added 475 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +111. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 42nd; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Sherwood is 2.9 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 32,759. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sherwood covers 20.75 square miles of land and 0.41 of water, for 1,604 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Sherwood is denser than the typical town.

What county Sherwood is in

All of Sherwood's residents live in Pulaski County, which had 401,209 residents in 2024. Sherwood holds 8.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sherwood

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sherwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72076, 72117, 72120. 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 Sherwood is

The Census internal point of Sherwood is at 34.852000, -92.204500. Little Rock, the capital, is 8.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Little Rock, AR (64,498 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 12.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.852000, -92.204500
DMS
34°51'7.20"N 92°12'16.20"W
UTM
15N 572722.0E 3856919.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
8669VQ2W+R6

Daylight in Sherwood

At 34.85° N, Sherwood gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sherwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Jacksonville, 4.6 miles away, with 29,129 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sherwood, AR?

33,281 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 475 (1.4%) from 32,806 in July 2020.

What county is Sherwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sherwood?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 72076, 72117, 72120.

How far is Sherwood from Little Rock?

8.7 miles (14.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Sherwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Sherwood?

North Little Rock, AR, with 64,498 residents, 5.2 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.