List of municipalities in Arkansas

Arkansas is a state in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, it is the 33rd most populous state with 3,011,524 inhabitants and the 27th largest by land area spanning 52,035 square miles (134,770 km²) of land.^[1] Arkansas is divided into 75 counties and contains 500^[a][b][c] municipalities consisting of cities and towns as of the 2020 United States census.^[4]

Arkansas municipalities are divided into three categories based on population.^[5] Cities of the first class have or have had a population over 2,500, cities of the second class have between 500 and 2,499 people, and incorporated towns have 499 or fewer people; state law, however, provides mechanisms for a municipality to increase or decrease its classification despite not meeting the usual population requirement.^[6] Several classes of municipalities in Arkansas have different obligations, with incorporated towns often having less.

The largest municipality by population is the state capital of Little Rock with 202,591 residents while the smallest by population is Victoria with 20 residents.^[7] The largest municipality by land area is Little Rock, which spans 120.046 sq mi (310.92 km²), while the smallest is Oakhaven at 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km²).^[8]

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