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Vintage 2025 Population Estimates by Characteristics

According to Vintage 2025 population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population 65 years and older in Arkansas increased by 2.3% from 2024 to 2025, while the population under 18 years decreased by 0.5%.

Age

In 2025, the population age 65 and older made up 19.0% of the state’s total population. As shown in Figure 1, the older population accounted for over a quarter of the population in seventeen counties across the state. The majority of these counties are clustered in North Central Arkansas. On the other hand, three counties had a senior population that made up less than 15% of their total population, with Washington County having the lowest percentage (13.3%).

Figure 1.  Percentage of the population that is 65 years and older in Arkansas by county, July 1, 2025

The image shows a political map of Arkansas with the percentage of the population that was 65 years or older in each county in 2025. The map uses a color gradient to denote five categories ranging from smallest to largest percentage. Broadly, the largest concentrations can be found in northen Arkansas begining from Van Buren and Cleburn. Another area with a large population of people 65 and older is the Mississippi delta.

The median age in both Arkansas and the United States has mostly continued to increase from 2020 to 2025; however, since 2021, the state’s median age has consistently been lower than the nation’s (Figure 2). In 2025, the median age in Arkansas was 39.0 years, which is 0.4 years younger than the U.S. at 39.4 years.

Figure 2.  Median age in the United States and Arkansas, July 1, 2020 – July 1, 2025

This image shows a line chart presenting the median ages of the population of both the United States and Arkansas between 2020 and 2025. For the U.S. the median age has increased year over year, starting with a median age of 38.7 in 2020 and ending in 39.5 in 2025. Arkansas median age has also trended upward in this period going from 38.8 in 2020 to 39.0 in 2025.

Across the state, the highest median age was in Marion County at 53.0 years, up from 52.7 in 2024, and the lowest was in Washington County at 32.9 years. As shown in Figure 3, the distribution closely follows the population 65 years and older.

Figure 3.  Median age in Arkansas by county, July 1, 2025

The image shows a political map of Arkansas with the median age of the population in each county in 2025. The map uses a color gradient to denote five categories ranging from smallest to largest median ages. Broadly, the oldest population can be found in northen Arkansas begining from Van Buren and Cleburn. With other concentrations around the Mississippi delta and western Arkansas.
Race and Hispanic Origin

Between 2024 and 2025 the Non-Hispanic Asian alone population was the group with the fastest growth in Arkansas, at a rate of 6.4%, and was followed by the Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population (5.2%) (Figure 4). The Hispanic population experienced the largest population increase, adding 9,088 people from 2024 to 2025, a 39.8% decrease from the 15,096 increase seen between 2023 and 2024. This population gain was nearly as large as the gains in all the other Non-Hispanic race groups combined.

Figure 4.  Population and population change by race in Arkansas, July 1, 2024 – July 1, 2025

This image shows a table looking at seven common race and ethnicities used by the Census Bureau and how those populations have changed between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025. For both years the race category with the largest populations were Non-Hispanic White, while the smallest were Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN). In terms of numerical growth, the Latino or Hispanic population saw the most growth with 9,088 people, while the AIAN population only grew by 441 people. Percenage-wise the Non-Hispanic Asian population increased the most at 6.4%, while the Non-Hispanic White saw close to 0.0% percent growth, only adding 1,019 people to its population of 2,103,954 people in 2024.

Figure 5 shows the Hispanic population as a percent of the total population by county. This percentage ranged from a low of 2.2% in Woodruff County to a high of 36.6% in Sevier County, and a state rate of 10.0%.

Figure 5.  Percentage of the population that is Latino or Hispanic in Arkansas by county, July 1, 2025

The image shows a political map of Arkansas with the percentage of the population that was Latino or Hispanic in each county in 2025. The map uses a color gradient to denote five categories ranging from smallest to largest percentage. Broadly, Latino and Hispanic people represent larger shares of the population in western counties, particularly Sevier (36.6%), Yell (22.5%), Washington (19.7%), Benton (19.1%), and Sebastian (17.2%).
For More Information

The full Vintage 2025 population estimate data can be found here: https://youraedi.com/population-estimates-toc/