| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 327 / 870 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:24 PM |
| Population: | 12,683 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 05079 |
| Land Area: | 505 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 10 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 34.0308, -91.7329 |
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12,683 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 505 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 13,633 to 12,650 from 2014 to 2024 — a -7.2% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 71644 (Grady, $76,113 median) and poorest ZIP 71643 (Gould, $32,899) are 10.3 miles apart — a 2.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.0× across this county — from $45,000 in 71643 (Gould) to $133,300 in 71644 (Grady).
Educational attainment ranges from 5.1% bachelor's+ in 71643 (Gould) to 20.7% in 71644 (Grady) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Arkansas, this is the #54 most populous of 78 counties and ranks #32 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $49,251 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
12.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,179 of 9,707 reporting).
3 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.
Lincoln County lost 7.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: