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Benton County, AR

311,013 Population
847.7 square miles 366.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,814 ±$1,899 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arkansas: $33,012 ±$560
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$92,759 ±$5,882 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $58,700 ±$1,155
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.4% ±1.4% (22,828  ±4,280) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 15.7% 466,624 (±0.6% / ±19,172)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.1 minutes ±0.4 (2,618,955  ±63,337) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

117,446 ±2,225 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,232,871 ±8,404
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (307,962  ±115) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,982,612
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.6% ±1.5% (4,294  ±1,114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 36,877 (±0.5% / ±3,201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

127,369 ±72 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,409,104 ±322
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$367,400 ±$14,521 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Arkansas: $195,700 ±$3,625
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.7% ±2.1% (38,881  ±6,334.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 12.1% 367,964 (±0.6% / ±16,566)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.3% ±3.4% (187,895  ±7,053.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,854,856 (±1% / ±21,619.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37.9% ±2.2% (77,961  ±4,475) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 26.2% 544,020 (±0.6% / ±12,726.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.9% (40,035  ±3,418) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% 162,340
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±0.8% (14,179  ±1,781) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7% 164,175 (±0.3% / ±7,006)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
14,179 Total veterans ±1,781 12,784 Male ±1,669 1,395 Female ±584

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