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Washington County, AR

261,549 Population
941.4 square miles 277.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,083 ±$2,738 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $33,012 ±$560
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,465 ±$5,099 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $58,700 ±$1,155
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.2% ±2.3% (35,547  ±5,782) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 15.7% 466,624 (±0.6% / ±19,172)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22 minutes ±1.1 (2,642,725  ±165,039) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 22.7 28,255,830 (±0.4 / ±566,079)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

99,630 ±2,136 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,232,871 ±8,404
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (252,033  ±311) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,982,612
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5% ±1.2% (3,417  ±837) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 36,877 (±0.5% / ±3,201)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

107,704 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,409,104 ±322
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$325,700 ±$13,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $195,700 ±$3,625
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17.5% ±2.5% (45,091  ±6,381) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.1% 367,964 (±0.6% / ±16,566)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.4% ±3.8% (140,111  ±6,124.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,854,856 (±1% / ±21,619.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
36.5% ±2.6% (58,521  ±4,107.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 26.2% 544,020 (±0.6% / ±12,726.2)
  • about the same as 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

11.7% (30,618  ±2,750) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% 162,340
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.6% ±0.7% (9,295  ±1,425) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7% 164,175 (±0.3% / ±7,006)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,295 Total veterans ±1,425 8,392 Male ±1,315 903 Female ±458

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