Chicot County, Arkansas

Chicot County population, land area and income

Chicot County had 9,272 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 637.0 square miles of land. It ranks 63rd of 75 in Arkansas by population and 40th by land area. That works out to 14.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Arkansas has 18,130 residents; Chicot County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $40,381 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Chicot County's population changed since 2020

Chicot County lost 887 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 8.7%. That ranks 73rd of 75 in Arkansas for growth. The median Arkansas county changed by -0.2%, and the state as a whole by +2.4%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Chicot County recorded 364 births and 802 deaths, a natural change of -438. Net international migration added -3 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -505. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 505 people.

Where Chicot County is

The Census internal point of Chicot County is at 33.267100, -91.297200. It sits in UTM zone 15N. The map shades Arkansas's 75 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Chicot County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Chicot County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Chicot County, 5,852 people together, or 63% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Chicot County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Dermott with 2,453.

Counties bordering Chicot County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Chicot County, including 6 across a state line. The most populous is Washington County, MS, with 41,181 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• MS

  Washington County, MS

  41,181 people

  20 mi E

• MS

  Bolivar County, MS

  28,395 people

  44 mi NNE

• LA

  Morehouse Parish, LA

  23,787 people

  42 mi SW

• Ashley County

  17,984 people

  28 mi W

• Drew County

  16,935 people

  33 mi NW

• Desha County

  10,321 people

  39 mi N

• LA

  West Carroll Parish, LA

  9,254 people

  34 mi SSW

• LA

  East Carroll Parish, LA

  6,892 people

  37 mi S

• MS

  Issaquena County, MS

  1,295 people

  39 mi SSE

Distance to Little Rock and the nearest big city

Little Rock is 117.0 miles NNW of Chicot County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS (population 141,449), 91.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Greenville, MS (population 27,015), 16.3 miles away.

Chicot County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Chicot County is 05017: state code 05 for Arkansas plus county code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $40,381.