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Blytheville, AR

13,026 Population
20.7 square miles 628.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 36.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$29,696 ±$3,627 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: $30,350 ±$1,827
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$49,928 ±$4,998 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: $53,428 ±$4,079
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

22.4% ±5.7% (2,869  ±736) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 21% † 8,150 (±3% / ±1,175)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

13.5 minutes ±1.7 (75,235  ±12,032) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 19 306,785 (±1.2 / ±22,991)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

5,459 ±325 Number of households
  • the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 15,381 ±363
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.4 ±0.1 (12,927  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 2.5 38,934 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

7.1% ±5.5% (222  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 5.2% † 470 (±1.9% / ±175)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

7,085 ±391 Number of housing units
  • the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 19,126 ±44
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$101,200 ±$20,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: $115,800 ±$7,314
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

17.3% ±5% (2,229  ±637.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 16.5% † 6,498 (±2.9% / ±1,141.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

88.2% ±6.7% (7,825  ±690.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 85.6% 22,196 (±3.7% / ±956.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
15.8% ±3.6% (1,397  ±324.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 14.2% † 3,676 (±1.7% / ±435.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

3% ±2.4% (394  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 2.4% 966
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

7.5% ±2% (725  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 6% † 1,758 (±0.9% / ±265)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
725 Total veterans ±192 580 Male ±159 145 Female ±125

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