Randolph County, Arkansas

Randolph County population, land area and income

Randolph County had 19,040 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 651.9 square miles of land. It ranks 36th of 75 in Arkansas by population and 35th by land area. That works out to 29.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Arkansas has 18,130 residents, about the same as Randolph County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $51,480 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Randolph County's population changed since 2020

Randolph County gained 445 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.4%. That ranks 23rd 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, Randolph County recorded 1,035 births and 1,190 deaths, a natural change of -155. Net international migration added +141 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +495. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 495 people.

Where Randolph County is

The Census internal point of Randolph County is at 36.341300, -91.028400. 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 Randolph County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Randolph County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Randolph County, 7,703 people together, or 40% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Randolph County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Pocahontas with 7,703.

Counties bordering Randolph County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Randolph County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Greene County, AR, with 46,928 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Greene County

  46,928 people

  30 mi ESE

• Sharp County

  18,130 people

  27 mi WSW

• Lawrence County

  16,305 people

  21 mi S

• Clay County

  14,112 people

  34 mi E

• MO

  Ripley County, MO

  10,715 people

  23 mi NNE

• MO

  Oregon County, MO

  8,699 people

  32 mi NW

Distance to Little Rock and the nearest big city

Little Rock is 131.0 miles SSW of Randolph County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN (population 610,919), 103.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Paragould, AR (population 30,680), 35.1 miles away.

Randolph County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Randolph County is 05121: state code 05 for Arkansas plus county code 121. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $51,480.