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Jonesboro, AR

82,386 Population
80.2 square miles 1,027.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 35.4 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,977 ±$4,540 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $32,950 ±$2,943
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$51,672 ±$5,976 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $55,486 ±$4,473
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.1% ±4.5% (18,232  ±3,568) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 22.2% † 29,815 (±4.2% / ±5,689)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18 minutes ±0.7 (591,650  ±32,470) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 20.3 1,142,050 (±0.4 / ±35,607)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

33,732 ±1,453 Number of households
  • the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 54,595 ±1,849
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (78,899  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 2.5 134,198 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±2.5% (1,026  ±559) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 7% † 2,481 (±2.4% / ±857)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

36,969 ±1,106 Number of housing units
  • the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 61,379 ±37
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$233,900 ±$18,057 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $214,800 ±$13,351
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17% ±4.7% (13,841  ±3,847.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 15.1% † 20,655 (±3.4% / ±4,663.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.5% ±7.8% (47,850  ±4,446.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 89.2% 80,477 (±5.7% / ±5,266.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,873,987 (±1.1% / ±23,074.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.6% ±4.8% (18,796  ±2,627.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 29.6% † 26,723 (±3.3% / ±3,004.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.2% ±1.9% (4,294  ±1,552) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 4.3% 5,900
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.6% ±1.1% (2,914  ±721) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 5.6% † 5,829 (±1.1% / ±1,097)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,914 Total veterans ±721 2,491 Male ±676 423 Female ±278

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