Demographics of Little River County, Arkansas

Little River County, Arkansas had 11,763 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −215 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.

Little River County, in four figures

11,763
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.8%
Change since July 2020: −215 people.; 42.6 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $53,344 ±$5,146
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.

Little River County, Arkansas's population shrank 1.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Little River 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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Little River County, Arkansas's population shrank 1.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Little River 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	11,978	100.0	100.0
2021	11,936	99.6	100.2
2022	11,817	98.7	100.7
2023	11,812	98.6	101.6
2024	11,699	97.7	102.5
2025	11,763	98.2	103.1

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Population of Little River 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	11,978	−51	−17	0	−33
2021	11,936	−42	−57	0	+15
2022	11,817	−119	−76	−2	−32
2023	11,812	−5	−54	+1	+51
2024	11,699	−113	−78	−1	−33
2025	11,763	+64	−83	−1	+150

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.6 ±1.2: for men 41.3 ±1.7 and for women 44.2 ±1.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Little River County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Under 5	615 ±64	5.2% ±0.5	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,974 ±194	16.7% ±1.6	17.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	902 ±179	7.6% ±1.5	9.4% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,711 ±281	22.9% ±2.4	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,098 ±225	26.2% ±1.9	24.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,521 ±262	21.3% ±2.2	17.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $53,344 ±$5,146, and income per person $30,221 ±$2,098, 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 Little River County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Arkansas	United States
Under $25,000	1,022 ±211	21.2% ±4.2	19.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,256 ±251	26.1% ±5.0	22.0% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	739 ±167	15.3% ±3.4	17.4% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	646 ±178	13.4% ±3.6	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	623 ±139	12.9% ±2.8	15.0% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	341 ±120	7.1% ±2.5	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	193 ±85	4.0% ±1.7	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 Little River County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Arkansas	United States
All ages	1,796 ±357	15.5% ±3.1	16.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	627 ±126	25.2% ±4.6	21.1% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	720 ±210	12.2% ±3.5	15.3% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	449 ±118	14.1% ±3.6	12.6% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Little River County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Little River County	Arkansas	United States
Housing units	6,059 ±33	1,394,673 ±514	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.6% ±4.7	86.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.4% ±4.5	13.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	80.1% ±2.7	66.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.9% ±3.6	33.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$113,500 ±$11,580	$188,000 ±$1,754	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$697 ±$161	$947 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1980 ±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 Little River County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	474 ±0	4.0% ±<0.1	9.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	8,469 ±50	71.6% ±0.4	67.4% ±0.2	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,249 ±135	19.0% ±1.1	14.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1 to 91	< 0.1% to 0.8%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	25 to 125	0.2% to 1.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	500 ±157	4.2% ±1.3	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 Little River County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Born in the state	5,048 ±417	42.7% ±3.5	60.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,627 ±419	56.1% ±3.5	33.5% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	20 to 134	0.2% to 1.1%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	13 to 125	0.1% to 1.1%	5.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 47	0% to 0.4%	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 104	0% to 0.9%	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%.

Little River County among the counties of Arkansas

57th of 75 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Arkansas page.

Counties of Arkansas near Little River County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Clay County	14,052	−3.3%
Lincoln County	12,764	−1.0%
Stone County	12,703	+2.9%
Fulton County	12,492	+3.7%
Howard County	12,306	−3.6%
Little River County	11,763	−1.8%
Perry County	10,309	+3.1%
Desha County	9,984	−11.8%
Scott County	9,965	+1.4%
Pike County	9,964	−1.9%
Bradley County	9,828	−6.4%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 45 Counties by population growth in Arkansas
No. 57 Counties by population 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