Mountain Home, AR Micro Area

The Mountain Home, AR micro area is one county in Arkansas: Baxter County. About 42,982 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.2% more than in April 2020.

Baxter County, centralMountain Home
Baxter County in Arkansas
Population, July 2025
42,982 3.2% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Baxter County
Land area
554 sq mi (1,435 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Arkansas
CBSA code
34260

The county in the Mountain Home, AR micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Baxter CountyCentral42,982

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Mountain Home13,108 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

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