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Arkansas

3,088,354 Population
51,992.7 square miles 59.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,812 ±$559 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,106 ±$831 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±0.6% (466,459  ±18,623) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.7 minutes ±0.3 (28,737,150  ±498,108) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,246,754 ±7,595 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (3,003,442  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.4% ±0.6% (45,382  ±4,385) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

1,421,029 ±136 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$215,600 ±$3,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±0.5% (366,562  ±15,635.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.3% ±1.1% (1,873,987  ±23,074.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.1% ±0.6% (569,103  ±12,987.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

8.3% ±0.2% (238,660  ±4,474.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

5.8% (180,109  ±9,006) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.9% ±0.3% (165,049  ±6,265) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
165,049 Total veterans ±6,265 147,553 Male ±5,677 17,496 Female ±2,602

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