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Paragould, AR

29,940 Population
31.8 square miles 942.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 37.8 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$26,916 ±$1,299 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $27,650 ±$1,053
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$56,181 ±$3,096 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $56,793 ±$2,743
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

16.8% ±2.5% (4,818  ±721) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17% † 7,657 (±2.3% / ±1,048)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

19.1 minutes ±1.5 (233,470  ±22,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 22.4 421,775 (±1.3 / ±30,100)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

11,601 ±314 Number of households
  • the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17,926 ±333
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.5 ±0.1 (29,232  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 2.5 45,417 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

3.3% ±1.3% (233  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 3.2% † 346 (±1.2% / ±131)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

12,485 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 19,420 ±62
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$175,400 ±$7,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $162,200 ±$7,508
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

19.2% ±3.1% (5,693  ±925.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17.4% † 7,997 (±2.4% / ±1,111.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

88.1% ±4.6% (17,596  ±977) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 87.4% 27,297 (±3.6% / ±1,135.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
16.3% ±2% (3,258  ±410.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 16.5% † 5,150 (±1.7% / ±514.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.2% ±0.5% (357  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 0.9% 426
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

7.9% ±1.6% (1,786  ±352) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 8.3% † 2,902 (±1.1% / ±382)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
1,786 Total veterans ±352 1,701 Male ±336 85 Female ±89

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