Highland, Arkansas

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The 2000 Census showed that Highland had a population of 986 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Highland had 501 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Highland has an area^<3> of 8.74 square miles [22.65 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Highland had a 2000 population density of 112.8 people per square mile [43.54 people/km²].

Sharp County

The city of Highland is located in Sharp County.

The county had a population of 17,151 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 986 people, Highland contained 5.75% of the Sharp County total.

In addition, where the community of Highland has a population density of 112.8 people per square mile [43.54 people/km²], Sharp County averages 28.38 people per square mile [10.96 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Sharp County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Highland and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Highland. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Highland.

A Census Quickfact is available for Sharp County (QF-05135).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Sharp County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Oregon (MO)	QF-29149	N	10,264	0.66% decrease
	Randolph	QF-05121	E	18,134	0.16% decrease
	Lawrence	QF-05075	E	16,861	4.62% decrease
	Independence	QF-05063	S	34,641	1.09% increase
	Izard	QF-05065	W	12,992	2.14% decrease
	Fulton	QF-05049	NW	11,688	0.27% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Highland:

Highland is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Highland.

The Commemorative Quarter for Arkansas<5>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Highland. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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