Arkansas · Census place 0572350

Waldo, Arkansas

Waldo is a city in Columbia County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,107 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 177th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,107
#177 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-41 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
505 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Waldo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Waldo population, 2020 to 2024

Waldo lost 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,151. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Waldo covers 2.19 square miles of land, for 505 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Waldo is less dense than the typical town.

What county Waldo is in

All of Waldo's residents live in Columbia County, which had 22,024 residents in 2024. Waldo holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waldo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waldo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71770. 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 Waldo is

The Census internal point of Waldo is at 33.351900, -93.295400. Little Rock, the capital, is 112.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Magnolia, AR (10,759 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 67.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.351900, -93.295400
DMS
33°21'6.84"N 93°17'43.44"W
UTM
15N 472515.0E 3690338.7N
Geohash
9vvttp82g
Plus code
86589P23+QR

Daylight in Waldo

At 33.35° N, Waldo 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 Waldo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Magnolia, 6.6 miles away, with 10,759 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Waldo, AR?

1,107 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 41 (3.6%) from 1,148 in July 2020.

What county is Waldo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Waldo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71770.

How far is Waldo from Little Rock?

112.3 miles (180.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Waldo.

What is the nearest larger city to Waldo?

Magnolia, AR, with 10,759 residents, 6.5 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.