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Forrest City, AR

12,826 Population
20.2 square miles 633.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$17,056 ±$3,801 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $22,296 † ±$2,694
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$33,522 ±$4,605 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $41,784 ±$4,056
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

36.1% ±6.5% (3,559  ±644) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 27.8% † 5,503 (±3.5% / ±694)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

15.4 minutes ±2.1 (52,390  ±9,794) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 20.8 156,665 (±1.1 / ±13,341)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

3,882 ±275 Number of households
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 7,881 ±323
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.6 ±0.2 (9,897  ±189) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2.5 19,811 (±0.1 / ±190)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

9.3% ±7% (213  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 8.7% † 347 (±4.1% / ±162)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

4,584 ±246 Number of housing units
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 9,583 ±103
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$87,800 ±$8,049 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $87,700 ±$5,872
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

19.8% ±3.9% (2,493  ±497.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 14.9% † 3,347 (±2.5% / ±560.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

83.4% ±6.6% (7,374  ±603.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 85.7% 13,832 (±4.7% / ±764)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
11.7% ±2.8% (1,035  ±251.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 12.9% † 2,083 (±2% / ±320.9)
  • 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

2.9% ±1.3% (372  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2% 452
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

4% ±1.2% (400  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 5.5% † 986 (±1.1% / ±191)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
400 Total veterans ±124 383 Male ±117 17 Female ±24

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