Paragould, Arkansas
Paragould, Arkansas | |
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South Pruett Street in Paragould | |
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Location of Paragould in Greene County, Arkansas. | |
Paragould, Arkansas Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 36°03′25″N 90°30′21″W / 36.05694°N 90.50583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Greene |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.02 sq mi (82.93 km2) |
| • Land | 31.86 sq mi (82.51 km2) |
| • Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.42 km2) |
| Elevation | 289 ft (88 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 29,537 |
• Estimate (2024) | 30,680 |
| • Density | 927.2/sq mi (357.99/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 72450-72451 |
| Area code | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-53390 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404471 |
| Website | cityofparagould |
Paragould is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, and the 15th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas Delta.
Paragould is the principal city of the Paragould, Arkansas Micropolitan Statistical Area and is also a part of the Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area. The population of Paragould was 29,537 as of the 2020 Census, compared to 26,113 at the 2010 census.