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Arkansas

3,067,732 Population
51,992.7 square miles 59 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,012 ±$560 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,700 ±$1,155 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.7% ±0.6% (466,624  ±19,172) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.7 minutes ±0.4 (28,255,830  ±566,079) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

1,232,871 ±8,404 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 (2,982,612  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±0.5% (36,877  ±3,201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

1,409,104 ±322 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$195,700 ±$3,625 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.1% ±0.6% (367,964  ±16,566) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.3% ±1% (1,854,856  ±21,619.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26.2% ±0.6% (544,020  ±12,726.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

8.2% ±0.3% (235,729  ±9,522.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

5.3% (162,340  ±7,452) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7% ±0.3% (164,175  ±7,006) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
164,175 Total veterans ±7,006 147,873 Male ±6,055 16,302 Female ±2,226

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