Walnut Ridge, Arkansas

Walnut Ridge population, 2020 to 2024

Walnut Ridge added 106 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +58. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Walnut Ridge is 49% of it.

Walnut Ridge covers 16.69 square miles of land, for 330 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Walnut Ridge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Walnut Ridge is in

All of Walnut Ridge's residents live in Lawrence County, which had 16,305 residents in 2024. Walnut Ridge holds 33.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Walnut Ridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walnut Ridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72476. 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 Walnut Ridge is

The Census internal point of Walnut Ridge is at 36.084800, -90.946800. Little Rock, the capital, is 119.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pocahontas, AR (7,703 people), 12.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 87.0 miles away.

Daylight in Walnut Ridge

At 36.08° N, Walnut Ridge gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Walnut Ridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hoxie, 3.7 miles away, with 2,589 people.