Demographics of Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Hot Spring County, Arkansas had 33,451 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +365 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.

Hot Spring County, in four figures

33,451
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.1%
Change since July 2020: +365 people.; 43.1 ±0.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $55,405 ±$3,337
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.

Hot Spring County, Arkansas's population grew 1.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Hot Spring 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).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Hot Spring County, Arkansas's population grew 1.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Hot Spring 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	33,086	100.0	100.0
2021	33,079	100.0	100.2
2022	33,154	100.2	100.7
2023	33,214	100.4	101.6
2024	33,294	100.6	102.5
2025	33,451	101.1	103.1

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Population of Hot Spring 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	33,086	+37	−25	0	+57
2021	33,079	−7	−256	+4	+232
2022	33,154	+75	−203	−1	+281
2023	33,214	+60	−197	−3	+257
2024	33,294	+80	−189	+15	+259
2025	33,451	+157	−190	−11	+361

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.1 ±0.6: for men 41.5 ±1.0 and for women 44.3 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Hot Spring County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Under 5	1,643 ±193	5.0% ±0.6	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,896 ±391	14.8% ±1.2	17.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,588 ±305	7.8% ±0.9	9.4% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,443 ±436	25.4% ±1.3	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,957 ±504	27.0% ±1.5	24.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,653 ±460	20.1% ±1.4	17.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $55,405 ±$3,337, and income per person $27,188 ±$1,861, 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 Hot Spring County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Arkansas	United States
Under $25,000	2,460 ±396	20.0% ±3.2	19.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,948 ±415	23.9% ±3.3	22.0% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,326 ±399	18.9% ±3.2	17.4% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,614 ±292	13.1% ±2.3	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,149 ±337	17.5% ±2.7	15.0% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	490 ±152	4.0% ±1.2	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	323 ±138	2.6% ±1.1	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 Hot Spring County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Arkansas	United States
All ages	4,661 ±916	15.1% ±3.0	16.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,194 ±356	18.3% ±5.2	21.1% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,214 ±496	14.0% ±3.1	15.3% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,253 ±300	14.6% ±3.4	12.6% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Hot Spring County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Hot Spring County	Arkansas	United States
Housing units	14,302 ±77	1,394,673 ±514	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	86.1% ±2.5	86.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	13.9% ±2.4	13.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	76.5% ±2.7	66.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	23.5% ±2.7	33.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$151,100 ±$15,286	$188,000 ±$1,754	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$768 ±$25	$947 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1979 ±2	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 Hot Spring County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,362 ±0	4.1% ±<0.1	9.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	26,738 ±163	80.6% ±0.5	67.4% ±0.2	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	3,692 ±168	11.1% ±0.5	14.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 27	0% to 0.1%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	66 to 200	0.2% to 0.6%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 28	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 93	0% to 0.3%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,199 ±237	3.6% ±0.7	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 Hot Spring County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Born in the state	24,283 ±681	73.2% ±2.1	60.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,373 ±694	25.2% ±2.1	33.5% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	6 to 158	< 0.1% to 0.5%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	442 ±174	1.3% ±0.5	5.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	313 ±142	0.9% ±0.4	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	27 to 231	0.1% to 0.7%	3.6% ±0.1	6.8% ±<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%.

Hot Spring County among the counties of Arkansas

22nd of 75 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Arkansas page.

Counties of Arkansas near Hot Spring County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Miller County	42,357	−0.5%
Independence County	38,785	+2.2%
Boone County	38,628	+3.3%
Mississippi County	37,828	−6.7%
Union County	36,926	−5.2%
Hot Spring County	33,451	+1.1%
Carroll County	29,263	+3.6%
Johnson County	26,225	+2.0%
Cleburne County	25,672	+3.9%
Poinsett County	22,483	−2.0%
Columbia County	21,894	−3.7%

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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

Data retrieved September 25, 2026