Arkansas · Census place 0565630
Southside, Arkansas
Southside is a city in Independence County, Arkansas with an estimated 4,248 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 78th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,248
- #78 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -0.7%
- -30 people
- Land area
- 9.9 sq mi
- Density
- 431 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Southside population, 2020 to 2024
Southside lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Southside covers 9.86 square miles of land, for 431 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Southside is less dense than the typical town.
What county Southside is in
All of Southside's residents live in Independence County, which had 38,345 residents in 2024. Southside holds 11.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Southside
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Southside by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72501. 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 Southside is
The Census internal point of Southside is at 35.720200, -91.630200. Little Rock, the capital, is 76.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Batesville, AR (11,539 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 80.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.720200, -91.630200
- DMS
- 35°43'12.72"N 91°37'48.72"W
- UTM
- 15N 623895.2E 3953780.0N
- Geohash
- 9yqg4ysvj
- Plus code
- 867CP9C9+3W
Daylight in Southside
At 35.72° N, Southside 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 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Southside
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Batesville, 3.4 miles away, with 11,539 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Southside, AR?
4,248 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (0.7%) from 4,278 in July 2020.
What county is Southside in?
Independence County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Southside?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72501.
How far is Southside from Little Rock?
76.8 miles (123.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Southside.
What is the nearest larger city to Southside?
Batesville, AR, with 11,539 residents, 3.4 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.
- 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.