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Jefferson County, AR

63,661 Population
872.3 square miles 73 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,467 ±$3,033 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,012 ±$560
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$49,045 ±$7,157 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,700 ±$1,155
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

23.5% ±6.2% (13,686  ±3,611) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 15.7% 466,624 (±0.6% / ±19,172)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.4 minutes ±1.2 (496,825  ±34,064) 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

23,885 ±1,292 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,232,871 ±8,404
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (58,188  ±193) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,982,612
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.2% ±3.1% (578  ±428) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 36,877 (±0.5% / ±3,201)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

30,712 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,409,104 ±322
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$92,000 ±$18,461 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $195,700 ±$3,625
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.9% ±3.6% (8,116  ±2,274.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 12.1% 367,964 (±0.6% / ±16,566)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88% ±6.9% (38,484  ±3,104.5) 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)
21.9% ±3.9% (9,559  ±1,733.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 26.2% 544,020 (±0.6% / ±12,726.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.6% (1,042  ±582) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% 162,340
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.4% ±1.7% (3,186  ±862) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7% 164,175 (±0.3% / ±7,006)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,186 Total veterans ±862 2,838 Male ±809 348 Female ±254

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