Demographics of Garland County, Arkansas

Garland County, Arkansas had 99,695 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −564 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Garland County, in four figures

99,695
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.6%
Change since July 2020: −564 people.; 45.5 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $57,181 ±$2,452
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Garland County, Arkansas's population shrank 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Garland County, Arkansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Garland County, Arkansas's population shrank 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Garland County, Arkansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	100,259	100.0	100.0
2021	100,318	100.1	100.2
2022	99,975	99.7	100.7
2023	99,772	99.5	101.6
2024	99,910	99.7	102.5
2025	99,695	99.4	103.1

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Population of Garland County, Arkansas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	100,259	+85	−121	+2	+202
2021	100,318	+59	−731	+40	+705
2022	99,975	−343	−788	+121	+379
2023	99,772	−203	−634	+99	+338
2024	99,910	+138	−642	+219	+555
2025	99,695	−215	−652	+52	+380

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 45.5 ±0.3: for men 44.0 ±0.4 and for women 47.1 ±0.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Garland County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Under 5	5,083 ±85	5.1% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	14,738 ±704	14.7% ±0.7	17.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	7,090 ±570	7.1% ±0.6	9.4% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	22,418 ±790	22.4% ±0.8	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	26,004 ±846	26.0% ±0.8	24.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	24,702 ±933	24.7% ±0.9	17.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $57,181 ±$2,452, and income per person $34,085 ±$1,294, in 2024 dollars. The median is $60,773 ±$467 in Arkansas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Garland County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Arkansas	United States
Under $25,000	9,203 ±757	21.1% ±1.7	19.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	9,882 ±786	22.6% ±1.7	22.0% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	8,178 ±852	18.7% ±1.9	17.4% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	5,922 ±642	13.6% ±1.4	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	5,910 ±664	13.5% ±1.5	15.0% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	2,609 ±462	6.0% ±1.1	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,963 ±298	4.5% ±0.7	6.7% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Garland County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Arkansas	United States
All ages	15,608 ±1,482	15.8% ±1.5	16.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	4,269 ±595	21.8% ±2.8	21.1% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	7,515 ±739	16.0% ±1.5	15.3% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,824 ±522	11.9% ±1.6	12.6% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Garland County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Garland County	Arkansas	United States
Housing units	52,760 ±71	1,394,673 ±514	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.8% ±1.5	86.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.2% ±1.5	13.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	69.4% ±1.4	66.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	30.6% ±1.8	33.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$194,300 ±$11,677	$188,000 ±$1,754	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$966 ±$27	$947 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1984 ±1	1987 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Garland County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	7,484 ±0	7.5% ±<0.1	9.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	79,276 ±374	79.2% ±0.4	67.4% ±0.2	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	7,560 ±445	7.6% ±0.4	14.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	661 ±157	0.7% ±0.2	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	332 ±132	0.3% ±0.1	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	96 ±19	0.1% ±<0.1	0.4% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	33 to 237	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	4,491 ±562	4.5% ±0.6	6.3% ±0.2	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Garland County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Born in the state	55,992 ±1,650	56.0% ±1.6	60.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	39,229 ±1,593	39.2% ±1.6	33.5% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	816 ±249	0.8% ±0.2	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	3,998 ±584	4.0% ±0.6	5.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,828 ±443	1.8% ±0.4	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2,170 ±504	2.2% ±0.5	3.6% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Garland County among the counties of Arkansas

8th of 75 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Arkansas page.

Counties of Arkansas near Garland County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Washington County	271,213	+9.9%
Faulkner County	133,979	+8.2%
Saline County	133,288	+7.6%
Sebastian County	130,641	+2.2%
Craighead County	116,957	+4.8%
Garland County	99,695	−0.6%
White County	80,085	+4.2%
Lonoke County	76,664	+3.5%
Pope County	64,976	+2.5%
Jefferson County	62,987	−5.7%
Crawford County	62,657	+4.1%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Counties by population in Arkansas
No. 41 Counties by population growth in Arkansas

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026