Personal loans in Corning, AR
Every figure below is Arkansas's own, applied to Corning's 3,118 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached.
Corning counts about 3,118 people, and what is genuinely local about borrowing here is limited — Arkansas law does the governing. Corning is one of 500 Census places in Arkansas; its 3,118 residents put it at 99th. Population in Corning dropped about 3.2% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. Compare APR, not the interest rate, because the APR folds in most fees on a Corning loan. The next larger city is Piggott, AR about 21 miles away.
Where Corning stands
The figures below are Corning's own — Census population, land area and coordinates — followed by the Arkansas rules.
- Population: an estimated 3,118 residents, 99th of 500 places in Arkansas (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Roughly 3.2% fewer residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 103 residents.
- Size percentile: roughly 80% of Arkansas places rank below Corning.
- Density: roughly 849 residents per square mile, spread over 3.7 sq mi of land.
- Land area rank: Corning's 3.7 square miles rank 157th of 500 places in Arkansas.
- Water: Corning holds about 0.03 square miles, the 121st-largest water area in Arkansas.
- Share of Arkansas: Corning holds about 0.2% of the state's population, some 3,118 people.
- Nationally: Corning is the 6,153rd-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Corning's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 380th of 500 places in Arkansas.
- State comparison: Arkansas's places average +0.3% for 2020-to-2023, against Corning's 3.2%.
- Density in Arkansas: Corning ranks 81st by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Corning's 849 people per square mile sit against a Arkansas median of 386.
- Location: mapped by the US Census Bureau at 36.4137, -90.5836.
- Nearest larger cities: Piggott (21 mi); Pocahontas (24 mi); Paragould (25 mi); Poplar Bluff (26 mi); Walnut Ridge (30 mi). Larger metros often have more branches, but online lenders reach Corning on the same terms.
- Nearest smaller towns: Knobel (7 mi); Datto (8 mi); Success (8 mi) — useful context for the surrounding area.
- Smaller neighbours: 81 places smaller than Corning sit within 50 miles.
- At 100 miles: 50 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Corning in state context
Corning is the 99th-largest of 500 Census places in Arkansas and contains about 0.2% of the state's people. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Corning ranks 380th of 500 in Arkansas (about the 24th percentile). Its roughly 849 residents per square mile place it 81st among Arkansas's places. Within 50 miles sit 81 smaller Census places, alongside the 11 that are larger.
What is available to Corning borrowers
At roughly 849 people per square mile, Corning is moderately settled; 11 larger places lie within 50 miles. What is available to Corning's 3,118 borrowers is set by Arkansas licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. The nearest bigger place is Piggott, AR about 21 miles away.
Land, water and location for Corning
The Census Gazetteer records 3.7 square miles of land and 0.03 square miles of water within Corning. With 3,118 residents, the land area yields roughly 849 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Little Rock, is roughly 153 miles away. A 50-mile radius around Corning takes in 11 places that are larger. Within the same 50 miles lie 81 smaller Census places.
The Arkansas lending rules that reach Corning
These are Arkansas's sourced lending facts as they reach Corning's 3,118 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Arkansas State Bank Department Source says: "The Department is charged with regulating state-chartered commercial banks with main offices in Arkansas". | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | See the latest published figure value_text left null: the State Bank Department does not publish a consumer small-loan license rate schedule that could be verified; storefront payday lending has been eliminated (see Payday lending status). See the linked regulator page for the licensee categories it supervises. | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 17% per annum for loans not made by or to governmental units or by federally insured depository institutions (Amendment 89, effective January 1, 2011) Source says: "shall not exceed seventeen percent (17%) per annum". | Arkansas Legislature — Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 89, § 3 (proposed by H.J.R. 1004 of 2009) as of 2026-09-16 |
How a Corning personal loan is priced
Corning is a small community of about 3,118 people, and the personal loans written here are mostly unsecured — no collateral, so the lender leans on your credit file. Federal Truth in Lending rules require a Corning lender to disclose the APR and finance charge before you sign. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Corning loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
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Nearby places
- Knobel, AR — population 144
- Success, AR — population 95
- Datto, AR — population 64
- Peach Orchard, AR — population 104
- Neelyville, MO — population 314
- Naylor, MO — population 446
- Reyno, AR — population 395
- McDougal, AR — population 130