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Forrest City, AR Micro Area

22,740 Population
634.8 square miles 35.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$22,296 ±$2,694 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$41,784 ±$4,056 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

27.8% ±3.5% (5,503  ±694) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.8 minutes ±1.1 (156,665  ±13,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,881 ±323 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (19,811  ±190) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8.7% ±4.1% (347  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,583 ±103 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$87,700 ±$5,872 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.9% ±2.5% (3,347  ±560.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.7% ±4.7% (13,832  ±764) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
12.9% ±2% (2,083  ±320.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2% (452  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.5% ±1.1% (986  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
986 Total veterans ±191 955 Male ±181 31 Female ±28

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