2000 vs. 2017 Population Growth and Change
Arkansas Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Arkansas Population Growth by County
Benton County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 71.44%
Rank = #1
Phillips County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = -31.71%
Rank = #75
Fulton County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 2.14%
Rank = #28
With a spotlight on Fulton County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Arkansas' 75 counties over the period 2000-2017.
Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017 population grew in twenty-nine Arkansas counties while declining in forty-six.
  • Population growth in thirteen counties outpaced the statewide average (11.66%), while growth in sixty-two counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Benton County posted the highest growth of population (71.44%), while Phillips County placed last by logging a -31.71% decline.
  • The spread in population growth between the highest (Benton County, 71.44%) and lowest (Phillips County, -31.71%) over 2000-2017 equated to 103.16% ( = 71.44%-31.71%).
  • Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Arkansas, Pulaski County's net population growth over 2000-2017 of 36,017 made up 11.54% of the total net growth statewide (312,213):

Pulaski County: Percent Share of Arkansas'
Population Growth, 2000-2017:

11.54% = (36,017 / 312,213) x 100
Fulton County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017, Fulton County posted a 2.14% net gain in population.
  • Fulton County was joined by sixty-one other counties whose population growth over 2000-2017 registered below the statewide average (11.66%).
  • Ranked #28 among Arkansas' 75 counties, Fulton County's population growth (2.14%) trailed the statewide average of 11.66% by a 9.52% margin.
  • Fulton County's net population growth (2.14%, #28) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Conway County (1.44%, #29) and just below that of Marion County (2.14%, #27).
  • Fulton County's share of population statewide slipped from 0.44% in 2000 to 0.40% in 2017, resulting in a share-shift of -0.04%.

Data Definition

Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Population Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2017
More
than
30%
30%
to
20%
20%
to
10%
10%
to
0%
0%
to
-10%
-10%
to
-20%
-20%
to
-30%
-30%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2017
5
2
7
15
22
16
7
1
75
 
     
Population by County, 2017
Population by County, 2017
Pulaski County 2017
Population = 397,893
Percent of State = 13.30%
Rank = #1
Calhoun County 2017
Population = 4,914
Percent of State = 0.16%
Rank = #75
Fulton County 2017
Population = 11,905
Percent of State = 0.40%
Rank = #58
Again highlighting Fulton County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 population statewide (2,990,801).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Pulaski County's 2017 population totaled 397,893, equating to 13.30% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#75), Calhoun County's population of 4,914 in 2017 comprised just 0.16% of the total statewide. Calhoun County's population in 2017 equates to just 1.2% to that of Pulaski County's.
  • Pulaski County's 2017 population (397,893) exceeded the combined population (396,019) of Arkansas' thirty-four smallest counties.
Fulton County Snippets:
  • Fulton County's population in 2017 ranked #58, amounting to 0.40% of the statewide total.
  • Fulton County's population of 11,905 placed below that of Desha County's (11,926, #57), and just above that of Chicot County's (10,821, #59).
  • Fulton County's population of 11,905 exceeds the combined total (11,446) of Arkansas' two smallest counties.
Population by County, 2017
Population by County, 2017
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population, 2017
More
than
125,000
125,000
to
100,000
100,000
to
75,000
75,000
to
50,000
50,000
to
25,000
25,000
or
Below
Total
2017
4
3
2
4
11
51
75
 
     

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Arkansas by County:
2000 vs. 2017
 
2000
 
2017
 
2000 - 2017
 
 
 
 
20,776
0.78
 
17,722
0.59
 
-14.70
-3,054
-0.98
 
24,179
0.90
 
20,050
0.67
 
-17.08
-4,129
-1.32
 
38,446
1.44
 
40,912
1.37
 
6.41
2,466
0.79
 
154,744
5.78
 
265,299
8.87
 
71.44
110,555
35.41
 
34,051
1.27
 
37,338
1.25
 
9.65
3,287
1.05
 
12,597
0.47
 
10,711
0.36
 
-14.97
-1,886
-0.60
 
5,709
0.21
 
4,914
0.16
 
-13.93
-795
-0.25
 
25,369
0.95
 
27,849
0.93
 
9.78
2,480
0.79
 
14,062
0.52
 
10,821
0.36
 
-23.05
-3,241
-1.04
 
23,474
0.88
 
21,704
0.73
 
-7.54
-1,770
-0.57
 
17,537
0.65
 
14,956
0.50
 
-14.72
-2,581
-0.83
 
24,100
0.90
 
24,893
0.83
 
3.29
793
0.25
 
8,536
0.32
 
7,874
0.26
 
-7.76
-662
-0.21
 
25,599
0.96
 
23,250
0.78
 
-9.18
-2,349
-0.75
 
20,312
0.76
 
20,605
0.69
 
1.44
293
0.09
 
82,519
3.08
 
106,822
3.57
 
29.45
24,303
7.78
 
53,404
1.99
 
60,645
2.03
 
13.56
7,241
2.32
 
50,915
1.90
 
49,030
1.64
 
-3.70
-1,885
-0.60
 
19,458
0.73
 
17,246
0.58
 
-11.37
-2,212
-0.71
 
9,146
0.34
 
7,038
0.24
 
-23.05
-2,108
-0.68
 
15,302
0.57
 
11,926
0.40
 
-22.06
-3,376
-1.08
 
18,670
0.70
 
17,886
0.60
 
-4.20
-784
-0.25
 
86,501
3.23
 
121,456
4.06
 
40.41
34,955
11.20
 
17,737
0.66
 
17,283
0.58
 
-2.56
-454
-0.15
 
11,656
0.44
 
11,905
0.40
 
2.14
249
0.08
 
88,311
3.30
 
98,737
3.30
 
11.81
10,426
3.34
 
16,476
0.62
 
17,788
0.59
 
7.96
1,312
0.42
 
37,563
1.40
 
45,156
1.51
 
20.21
7,593
2.43
 
23,620
0.88
 
20,969
0.70
 
-11.22
-2,651
-0.85
 
30,480
1.14
 
33,098
1.11
 
8.59
2,618
0.84
 
14,233
0.53
 
13,105
0.44
 
-7.93
-1,128
-0.36
 
34,333
1.28
 
37,511
1.25
 
9.26
3,178
1.02
 
13,298
0.50
 
13,647
0.46
 
2.62
349
0.11
 
18,403
0.69
 
17,106
0.57
 
-7.05
-1,297
-0.42
 
84,171
3.14
 
70,423
2.35
 
-16.33
-13,748
-4.40
 
22,813
0.85
 
25,842
0.86
 
13.28
3,029
0.97
 
8,539
0.32
 
6,585
0.22
 
-22.88
-1,954
-0.63
 
17,672
0.66
 
16,435
0.55
 
-7.00
-1,237
-0.40
 
12,527
0.47
 
9,133
0.31
 
-27.09
-3,394
-1.09
 
14,477
0.54
 
13,433
0.45
 
-7.21
-1,044
-0.33
 
13,613
0.51
 
12,235
0.41
 
-10.12
-1,378
-0.44
 
22,500
0.84
 
21,515
0.72
 
-4.38
-985
-0.32
 
53,153
1.98
 
72,928
2.44
 
37.20
19,775
6.33
 
14,272
0.53
 
16,243
0.54
 
13.81
1,971
0.63
 
16,162
0.60
 
16,508
0.55
 
2.14
346
0.11
 
40,436
1.51
 
43,382
1.45
 
7.29
2,946
0.94
 
51,849
1.94
 
42,417
1.42
 
-18.19
-9,432
-3.02
 
10,182
0.38
 
7,148
0.24
 
-29.80
-3,034
-0.97
 
9,263
0.35
 
8,507
0.28
 
-8.16
-756
-0.24
 
9,895
0.37
 
8,434
0.28
 
-14.77
-1,461
-0.47
 
8,642
0.32
 
7,520
0.25
 
-12.98
-1,122
-0.36
 
28,677
1.07
 
23,400
0.78
 
-18.40
-5,277
-1.69
 
10,223
0.38
 
10,097
0.34
 
-1.23
-126
-0.04
 
26,290
0.98
 
17,953
0.60
 
-31.71
-8,337
-2.67
 
11,332
0.42
 
10,388
0.35
 
-8.33
-944
-0.30
 
25,617
0.96
 
23,796
0.80
 
-7.11
-1,821
-0.58
 
20,268
0.76
 
19,782
0.66
 
-2.40
-486
-0.16
 
54,541
2.04
 
62,965
2.11
 
15.45
8,424
2.70
 
9,491
0.35
 
8,469
0.28
 
-10.77
-1,022
-0.33
 
361,876
13.51
 
397,893
13.30
 
9.95
36,017
11.54
 
18,155
0.68
 
17,953
0.60
 
-1.11
-202
-0.06
 
29,325
1.09
 
24,730
0.83
 
-15.67
-4,595
-1.47
 
84,084
3.14
 
119,383
3.99
 
41.98
35,299
11.31
 
10,980
0.41
 
10,104
0.34
 
-7.98
-876
-0.28
 
8,246
0.31
 
7,917
0.26
 
-3.99
-329
-0.11
 
115,578
4.31
 
128,017
4.28
 
10.76
12,439
3.98
 
15,747
0.59
 
16,411
0.55
 
4.22
664
0.21
 
17,138
0.64
 
17,047
0.57
 
-0.53
-91
-0.03
 
11,519
0.43
 
12,337
0.41
 
7.10
818
0.26
 
45,532
1.70
 
40,014
1.34
 
-12.12
-5,518
-1.77
 
16,221
0.61
 
16,004
0.54
 
-1.34
-217
-0.07
 
158,851
5.93
 
235,245
7.87
 
48.09
76,394
24.47
 
67,382
2.52
 
77,579
2.59
 
15.13
10,197
3.27
 
8,686
0.32
 
6,532
0.22
 
-24.80
-2,154
-0.69
 
21,147
0.79
 
20,845
0.70
 
-1.43
-302
-0.10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,678,588
100.00
 
2,990,801
100.00
 
11.66
312,213
100.00
 
1,535,494
57.32
 
1,888,009
63.13
 
22.96
352,515
112.91
 
1,143,094
42.68
 
1,102,792
36.87
 
-3.53
-40,302
-12.91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
282,162,411
 
326,623,063
 
15.76
44,460,652
 
237,948,237
 
281,262,885
 
18.20
43,314,648
 
44,214,174
 
45,360,178
 
2.59
1,146,004
Source: Calculations by the Arkansas Regional Economic Analysis Project (AR-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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