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Little Rock, AR

204,793 Population
121.2 square miles 1,689.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 38 ±0.4
  • 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

$41,584 ±$2,916 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $37,869 ±$1,237
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,553 ±$3,400 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $68,344 ±$2,678
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.2% ±3.7% (36,337  ±7,327) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 14.5% † 109,042 (±1.6% / ±12,007)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,636,120  ±109,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.2 7,637,240 (±0.6 / ±285,448)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.7 28,737,150 (±0.3 / ±498,108)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

88,738 ±3,214 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 321,875 ±3,909
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (199,377  ±232) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.3 754,230 (±0 / ±2,382)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.9% ±2.9% (3,540  ±1,506) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 6.1% † 11,232 (±1.5% / ±2,765)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

99,014 ±2,978 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 350,573 ±1,132
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$270,700 ±$17,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $237,300 ±$5,915
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.2% ±3.1% (32,794  ±6,181.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 12.6% 95,949 (±1.2% / ±9,254.1)
  • 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

92.5% ±4.2% (122,378  ±6,832.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 92.4% 482,781 (±2.3% / ±12,359.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,873,987 (±1.1% / ±23,074.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47% ±3.1% (62,254  ±4,619.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 35% 182,878 (±1.4% / ±7,414.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • about 1.3 times 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

9.6% ±1.9% (19,555  ±3,902) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 5.7% † 43,755 (±0.7% / ±5,485)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.7% ±1.1% (10,226  ±1,758) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 7.7% 45,761 (±0.6% / ±3,372)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,226 Total veterans ±1,758 8,201 Male ±1,562 2,025 Female ±958

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