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Craighead County, AR

113,993 Population
707.2 square miles 161.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±1.5 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

$30,764 ±$2,089 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,012 ±$560
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$59,776 ±$5,538 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $58,700 ±$1,155
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.4% ±4.5% (19,200  ±4,946) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 15.7% 466,624 (±0.6% / ±19,172)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.7 minutes ±0.9 (934,855  ±49,506) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

47,150 ±1,133 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,232,871 ±8,404
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (110,604  ±96) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,982,612
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.9% ±3% (1,697  ±853) 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 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

49,935 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,409,104 ±322
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$189,700 ±$12,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $195,700 ±$3,625
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.7% ±4% (18,702  ±4,440.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.1% 367,964 (±0.6% / ±16,566)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.9% ±5.9% (66,615  ±4,476.8) 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)
28.4% ±3.3% (21,031  ±2,448.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 26.2% 544,020 (±0.6% / ±12,726.2)
  • about 80 percent of 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

4.4% (4,969  ±828) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% 162,340
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.9% ±1.4% (5,019  ±1,174) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7% 164,175 (±0.3% / ±7,006)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,019 Total veterans ±1,174 4,678 Male ±1,164 341 Female ±322

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