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McGehee, AR

3,744 Population
6.7 square miles 558.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Desha County: 41.2 ±1.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$20,928 ±$3,497 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Desha County: $22,848 ±$1,555
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$33,679 ±$7,392 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Desha County: $36,064 † ±$3,671
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

36.8% ±10% (1,359  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Desha County: 28.9% † 3,164 (±5% / ±545)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

16 minutes ±2.5 (21,355  ±4,715) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Desha County: 18.3 70,125 (±1.8 / ±8,567)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

1,525 ±138 Number of households
  • Desha County: 4,750 ±187
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.4 ±0.2 (3,694  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Desha County: 2.3 10,920 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

7.3% ±6.4% (55  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Desha County: 8.4% † 195 (±4.5% / ±106)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

1,838 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Desha County: 5,812 ±30
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$93,000 ±$24,546 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Desha County: $89,100 † ±$12,335
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

14.7% ±6% (545  ±221.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Desha County: 9.7% † 1,058 (±2.9% / ±312.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

77.3% ±9.4% (1,860  ±260.6) 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)
14.6% ±4.3% (352  ±105.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Desha County: 13% † 978 (±2.4% / ±179.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

0.1% ±0.1% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Desha County: 2.2% 241
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

7% ±3.6% (184  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Desha County: 5.4% † 448 (±1.4% / ±117)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
184 Total veterans ±95 175 Male ±91 9 Female ±16

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