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Van Buren County, AR

15,936 Population
709.6 square miles 22.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,284 ±$1,702 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,266 ±$6,322 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

19.5% ±3.1% (3,069  ±490) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 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)

31.8 minutes ±2.9 (165,330  ±19,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,115 ±265 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (15,748  ±10) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

9.1% ±3.7% (245  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,724 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$122,300 ±$10,187 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

9.8% ±2.6% (1,535  ±402.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

86.4% ±4.6% (10,275  ±545.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.8% ±2.1% (1,876  ±254.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

1.6% (260  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.1% ±1.6% (1,299  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times 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)
1,299 Total veterans ±203 1,150 Male ±179 149 Female ±65

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