Arkansas · Census place 0564730

Smackover, Arkansas

Smackover is a city in Union County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,573 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 154th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,573
#154 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
-3.3%
-54 people
Land area
4.4 sq mi
Density
362 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Smackover. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Smackover population, 2020 to 2024

Smackover lost 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,632. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Smackover covers 4.35 square miles of land, for 362 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Smackover is less dense than the typical town.

What county Smackover is in

All of Smackover's residents live in Union County, which had 37,008 residents in 2024. Smackover holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Smackover

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Smackover by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71762. 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 Smackover is

The Census internal point of Smackover is at 33.363600, -92.731400. Little Rock, the capital, is 98.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Dorado, AR (16,657 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 87.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.363600, -92.731400
DMS
33°21'48.96"N 92°43'53.04"W
UTM
15N 524988.1E 3691629.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86599779+CC

Daylight in Smackover

At 33.36° N, Smackover gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Smackover

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is El Dorado, 10.7 miles away, with 16,657 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Smackover, AR?

1,573 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 54 (3.3%) from 1,627 in July 2020.

What county is Smackover in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Smackover?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71762.

How far is Smackover from Little Rock?

98.9 miles (159.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Smackover.

What is the nearest larger city to Smackover?

El Dorado, AR, with 16,657 residents, 10.7 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.

  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.