Oldest Cities in Arkansas by Median Age

The top 25 of 42 Arkansas cities on GIS Map, ranked by highest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Bella Vista	Benton	51.3 years	31,697
2	Mountain Home	Baxter	47.1 years	13,108
3	Hot Springs	Garland	45.3 years	37,920
4	Blytheville	Mississippi	42.3 years	12,790
5	Hope	Hempstead	41.3 years	8,671
6	Harrison	Boone	40.9 years	13,350
7	Sherwood	Pulaski	39.9 years	33,070
8	Maumelle	Pulaski	39.5 years	19,373
9	Malvern	Hot Spring	39.4 years	10,953
10	Helena-West Helena	Phillips	39.3 years	8,935
11	Camden	Ouachita	39.2 years	10,307
12	Benton	Saline	38.1 years	36,595
13	North Little Rock	Pulaski	38 years	64,538
14	Texarkana	Miller	37.6 years	29,177
15	Pine Bluff	Jefferson	37.5 years	39,743
16	Stuttgart	Arkansas	37.3 years	7,903
17	Forrest City	St. Francis	36.9 years	12,646
18	El Dorado	Union	36.6 years	17,115
19	Fort Smith	Sebastian	36.5 years	89,805
20	Van Buren	Crawford	36.5 years	23,763
21	Paragould	Greene	36.2 years	30,215
22	Clarksville	Johnson	36 years	9,526
23	Little Rock	Pulaski	35.9 years	203,436
24	Bryant	Saline	35.8 years	21,504
25	Marion	Crittenden	35.8 years	13,623

Top Arkansas Counties

Counties ranked by highest median age.

1. Marion County51.8 years 2. Baxter County51.4 years 3. Montgomery County50.8 years 4. Newton County49.9 years 5. Van Buren County49.6 years 6. Cleburne County49.5 years 7. Stone County49.2 years 8. Lafayette County49 years 9. Searcy County47.9 years 10. Fulton County47.6 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Oldest Cities in Arkansas by Median Age”, https://gismap.land/rankings/arkansas/oldest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Oldest Cities in Arkansas by Median Age

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