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Polk County, AR

19,348 Population
856.8 square miles 22.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,243 ±$3,240 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,252 ±$5,637 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19% ±3.9% (3,611  ±740) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.5 minutes ±2.3 (149,760  ±18,929) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

7,884 ±275 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (19,198  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

10.1% ±3.9% (383  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,647 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$122,600 ±$7,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.8% ±2.7% (2,444  ±512.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

87.4% ±4.9% (11,836  ±668.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.2% ±2.1% (2,330  ±285) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.4% (666  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.3% ±1.5% (1,393  ±224) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,393 Total veterans ±224 1,227 Male ±189 166 Female ±97

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