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Pocahontas, AR

7,475 Population
7.7 square miles 971.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Randolph County: 39.3 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$26,863 ±$5,427 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Randolph County: $27,416 ±$2,021
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$42,829 ±$10,822 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Randolph County: $52,838 † ±$6,075
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

24.2% ±7.6% (1,731  ±545) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Randolph County: 21.1% † 3,879 (±4.1% / ±743)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

17.7 minutes ±2.4 (45,505  ±8,289) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Randolph County: 23.3 † 160,695 (±2.4 / ±20,617)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

2,840 ±245 Number of households
  • Randolph County: 7,071 ±289
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.5 ±0.2 (7,173  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Randolph County: 2.6 18,375 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

12.9% ±7.1% (201  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Randolph County: 9.6% † 370 (±3.8% / ±147)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

3,259 ±252 Number of housing units
  • Randolph County: 8,620 ±35
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$107,500 ±$15,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Randolph County: $118,100 ±$9,259
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

21.7% ±7.2% (1,590  ±525.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Randolph County: 14.1% † 2,599 (±3.1% / ±569.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

86.6% ±7.9% (4,305  ±440.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Randolph County: 86.1% 10,995 (±5% / ±637.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
14.2% ±3.9% (707  ±197.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Randolph County: 14.5% † 1,850 (±2.2% / ±282.1)
  • 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

5.5% ±1.2% (410  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Randolph County: 3.7% 685
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

6.5% ±2.3% (359  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Randolph County: 7.1% † 1,007 (±1.3% / ±182)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
359 Total veterans ±125 359 Male ±125 N/A Female ±18

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