| 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: | 11:52:42 PM |
| Population: | 42,360 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 05091 |
| CBSA: | Texarkana, TX-AR |
| Land Area: | 640 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 13 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.2943, -93.8798 |
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42,360 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 640 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 43,537 to 42,360 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.7% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 71834 (Doddridge, $65,691 median) and poorest ZIP 71839 (Garland City, $24,746) are 15.2 miles apart — a 2.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.6× across this county — from $61,200 in 71834 (Doddridge) to $161,000 in 71854 (Texarkana).
Density varies 17× across the county — from 8 people/sq mi in 71839 (Garland City) to 129 in 71854 (Texarkana).
Educational attainment ranges from 11.2% bachelor's+ in 71834 (Doddridge) to 17.5% in 71837 (Fouke) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Arkansas, this is the #16 most populous of 78 counties and ranks #56 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $48,763 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
15.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (4,315 of 28,806 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.