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Arkansas

3,045,637 Population
51,992.8 square miles 58.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,380 ±$461 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$55,432 ±$994 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.8% ±0.7% (496,311  ±21,321) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.4 minutes ±0.3 (26,917,420  ±507,884) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,216,207 ±8,435 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±456.8 (2,962,570  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.7% ±0.5% (39,688  ±3,505) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,395,735 ±200 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$179,800 ±$3,010 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13% ±0.6% (389,752  ±16,784.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

89.1% ±1% (1,834,187  ±21,531.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
25.4% ±0.6% (522,807  ±11,838.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

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)

5.1% ±934.8% (156,073  ±8,242) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

7.6% ±0.3% (178,677  ±6,589) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
178,677 Total veterans ±6,589 161,331 Male ±5,986 17,346 Female ±2,325

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