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Paragould, AR

30,215 Population
31.8 square miles 950.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 38 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,136 ±$1,297 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $28,951 ±$1,030
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,980 ±$3,639 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $57,839 ±$3,888
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±2.8% (5,160  ±815) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17.4% † 7,874 (±2.3% / ±1,036)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±1.7 (253,825  ±26,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 22.8 434,205 (±1.5 / ±33,985)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,680 ±368 Number of households
  • the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17,994 ±358
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (29,545  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 2.5 45,708 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±2.4% (465  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 5.4% † 579 (±1.7% / ±183)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,650 ±332 Number of housing units
  • the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 19,603 ±43
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$181,500 ±$6,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: $169,300 ±$8,382
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.4% ±3.3% (5,784  ±997) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 17.4% † 7,999 (±2.6% / ±1,196.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.9% ±4.7% (17,526  ±1,012.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 86.8% 27,301 (±3.6% / ±1,149.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±2% (3,248  ±405.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 16.9% 5,316 (±1.7% / ±521.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.8% ±0.9% (555  ±283) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 1.4% 639
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.4% (1,602  ±321) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Paragould, AR Micro Area: 7.4% † 2,608 (±1.1% / ±390)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,602 Total veterans ±321 1,536 Male ±308 66 Female ±89

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