| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 327 / 870 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:23 PM |
| Population: | 16,368 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 05037 |
| Land Area: | 602 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 6 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.3210, -90.8043 |
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16,368 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 602 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 17,420 to 16,368 from 2014 to 2024 — a -6.0% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 72396 (Wynne, $58,938 median) and poorest ZIP 72373 (Parkin, $26,700) are 14.4 miles apart — a 2.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.1× across this county — from $46,300 in 72373 (Parkin) to $144,800 in 72396 (Wynne).
Educational attainment ranges from 4.1% bachelor's+ in 72373 (Parkin) to 20.2% in 72396 (Wynne) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Arkansas, this is the #43 most populous of 78 counties and ranks #71 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $54,163 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
18.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,058 of 11,337 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Cross County lost 6.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: