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Blytheville, AR

12,790 Population
20.7 square miles 616.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 37.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,970 ±$3,926 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: $30,368 ±$1,756
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,865 ±$9,210 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: $52,548 ±$4,766
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.2% ±4.9% (3,057  ±618) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 21.1% † 8,071 (±2.3% / ±876)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.5 minutes ±1.9 (83,815  ±13,645) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 19.8 313,290 (±1.3 / ±24,349)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,792 ±328 Number of households
  • the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 15,452 ±425
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (12,712  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 2.5 38,339 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±5.7% (263  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 5.5% † 491 (±2.1% / ±189)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,294 ±355 Number of housing units
  • the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 19,133 ±37
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$119,000 ±$19,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: $122,500 ±$8,206
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.4% ±4.6% (2,068  ±583.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 15% † 5,789 (±2.4% / ±937)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±6.9% (7,609  ±712.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 85.9% 22,000 (±3.8% / ±981.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.8% ±3.7% (1,447  ±324.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 13.7% † 3,508 (±1.8% / ±469.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.6% ±2% (455  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 2.5% 979
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.8% (586  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Blytheville, AR Micro Area: 5.2% † 1,518 (±1% / ±286)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
586 Total veterans ±177 556 Male ±165 30 Female ±38

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