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Arkansas

3,025,891 Population
51,992.8 square miles 58.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,252 ±$448 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$52,528 ±$1,002 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

16.3% ±0.7% (480,153  ±21,721) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.3 minutes ±0.3 (26,264,916  ±507,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

1,183,675 ±7,882 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (2,950,099  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.3% ±0.5% (36,729  ±3,567) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

1,380,768 ±294 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$162,300 ±$1,975 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13.2% ±0.6% (394,784  ±17,418.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

88.7% ±1% (1,806,873  ±20,674.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
25.3% ±0.6% (515,034  ±12,238) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

7.7% ±0.1% (216,415  ±3,578.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

4.7% ±0.2% (142,988  ±6,560) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.7% ±0.3% (177,176  ±6,638) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
177,176 Total veterans ±6,638 159,459 Male ±5,932 17,717 Female ±2,498

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