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Dumas, AR

3,877 Population
2.9 square miles 1,334.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Desha County: 41.2 ±1.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$18,699 ±$2,179 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Desha County: $22,848 ±$1,555
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$34,938 ±$5,130 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Desha County: $36,064 † ±$3,671
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

28.6% ±9.6% (1,109  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Desha County: 28.9% † 3,164 (±5% / ±545)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

18 minutes ±2.9 (24,520  ±5,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Desha County: 18.3 70,125 (±1.8 / ±8,567)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

1,744 ±124 Number of households
  • Desha County: 4,750 ±187
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.2 ±0.2 (3,875  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Desha County: 2.3 10,920 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

3.4% ±3.5% (34  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Desha County: 8.4% † 195 (±4.5% / ±106)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

2,020 ±152 Number of housing units
  • Desha County: 5,812 ±30
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$90,800 ±$13,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Desha County: $89,100 † ±$12,335
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

3.4% ±2.8% (130  ±108.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Desha County: 9.7% † 1,058 (±2.9% / ±312.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

78.4% ±9.6% (2,043  ±290.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Desha County: 77.9% 5,844 (±5.7% / ±431.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
11.4% ±3.8% (296  ±101.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Desha County: 13% † 978 (±2.4% / ±179.1)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

5.4% ±4.4% (210  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Desha County: 2.2% 241
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

5% ±2.1% (146  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Desha County: 5.4% † 448 (±1.4% / ±117)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
146 Total veterans ±61 134 Male ±59 12 Female ±14

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