The graph below ranks each Arkansas County by total residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
Arkansas total population by county
| County | Total Population |
| Pulaski |  388,953 |
| Benton | 232,658 |
| Washington | 211,552 |
| Sebastian | 127,404 |
| Faulkner | 118,692 |
| Saline | 111,851 |
| Craighead | 99,920 |
| Garland | 96,889 |
| White | 78,622 |
| Jefferson | 74,601 |
| Lonoke | 70,025 |
| Pope | 62,673 |
| Crawford | 61,943 |
| Crittenden | 50,088 |
| Mississippi | 45,529 |
| Miller | 43,620 |
| Greene | 43,165 |
| Baxter | 41,055 |
| Union | 40,907 |
| Boone | 37,321 |
| Independence | 37,020 |
| Hot Spring | 33,417 |
| St. Francis | 27,859 |
| Carroll | 27,639 |
| Johnson | 25,866 |
| Cleburne | 25,788 |
| Ouachita | 25,389 |
| Columbia | 24,386 |
| Poinsett | 24,270 |
| Clark | 22,811 |
| Hempstead | 22,380 |
| Logan | 21,987 |
| Yell | 21,897 |
| Ashley | 21,526 |
| Conway | 21,250 |
| Phillips | 20,789 |
| Polk | 20,460 |
| Arkansas | 18,970 |
| Drew | 18,773 |
| Grant | 18,013 |
| Franklin | 18,009 |
| Randolph | 17,885 |
| Cross | 17,686 |
| Jackson | 17,619 |
| Sevier | 17,194 |
| Van Buren | 17,074 |
| Sharp | 17,037 |
| Lawrence | 17,028 |
| Marion | 16,599 |
| Madison | 15,615 |
| Clay | 15,592 |
| Lincoln | 14,133 |
| Howard | 13,749 |
| Izard | 13,505 |
| Little River | 12,920 |
| Stone | 12,661 |
| Desha | 12,566 |
| Fulton | 12,278 |
| Chicot | 11,443 |
| Bradley | 11,352 |
| Pike | 11,280 |
| Scott | 11,008 |
| Perry | 10,310 |
| Lee | 10,200 |
| Montgomery | 9,339 |
| Nevada | 8,924 |
| Cleveland | 8,639 |
| Prairie | 8,462 |
| Newton | 8,088 |
| Searcy | 8,026 |
| Dallas | 7,971 |
| Monroe | 7,854 |
| Lafayette | 7,423 |
| Woodruff | 7,084 |
| Calhoun | 5,317 |