West Memphis, Arkansas

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The 2000 Census showed that West Memphis had a population of 27,666 people^<1>. This represents 1.03% of the total population of Arkansas, making it the state's 12th most populous community.

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

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
9	Rogers	W	235 mi [378.2 km]	56,726	46.09% increase
10	Hot Springs	W	167 mi [268.8 km]	39,467	10.4% increase
11	Jacksonville	W	110 mi [177 km]	31,351	4.8% increase
-12-	West Memphis			27,070	2.15% decrease
13	Texarkana	SW	246 mi [395.9 km]	30,087	13.76% increase
14	Russellville	W	166 mi [267.2 km]	27,602	16.55% increase
15	Paragould	N	64 mi [103 km]	24,800	12.64% increase

West Memphis had 11,022 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that West Memphis has an area^<4> of 26.49 square miles [68.6 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, West Memphis had a 2000 population density of 1,044 people per square mile [403.2 people/km²], making it the state's 80th most densely populated area.

Crittenden County

The city of West Memphis is located in Crittenden County.

The county had a population of 50,977 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 27,666 people, West Memphis contained 54.3% of the Crittenden County total.

In addition, where the community of West Memphis has a population density of 1,044 people per square mile [403.2 people/km²], Crittenden County averages 83.5 people per square mile [32.26 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in West Memphis and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on West Memphis. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for West Memphis, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Memphis (TN)	QF-4748000	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	669,651	3.01% increase
	Southaven (MS)	QF-2869280	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	44,076	52.11% increase
	Bartlett (TN)	QF-4703440	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	47,501	17.16% increase
	Germantown (TN)	QF-4728960	E	24 mi [38.62 km]	37,251	0.26% decrease
	Collierville (TN)	QF-4716420	E	29 mi [46.67 km]	39,211	23.03% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for West Memphis.

A Census Quickfact is available for Crittenden County (QF-47035).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Crittenden County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Mississippi	QF-05093	N	46,808	9.69% decrease
	Tipton (TN)	QF-47167	NE	58,706	13.91% increase
	Shelby (TN)	QF-47157	E	906,825	0.95% increase
	DeSoto (MS)	QF-28033	SE	154,748	42.4% increase
	Tunica (MS)	QF-28143	S	10,448	13.31% increase
	Lee	QF-05077	SW	10,782	13.94% decrease
	Saint Francis	QF-05123	SW	26,336	10.07% decrease
	Cross	QF-05037	W	18,808	3.43% decrease
	Poinsett	QF-05111	NW	24,721	3.51% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

West Memphis 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 West Memphis.

The Commemorative Quarter for Arkansas<6>

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) West Memphis. 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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