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Benton County, AR

321,566 Population
847.7 square miles 379.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,094 ±$2,437 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$89,595 ±$5,479 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.4% ±1.7% (26,857  ±5,396) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.2 minutes ±0.9 (3,186,665  ±184,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.7 28,737,150 (±0.3 / ±498,108)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

122,269 ±2,179 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (318,723  ±61) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±1.2% (3,443  ±997) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

131,851 ±64 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$386,500 ±$16,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±1.8% (36,718  ±5,781.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.8% ±3.6% (194,693  ±7,701.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,873,987 (±1.1% / ±23,074.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.3% ±2.4% (88,489  ±5,205.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13% (41,802  ±3,058) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.5% ±0.9% (15,766  ±2,180) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
15,766 Total veterans ±2,180 14,624 Male ±1,894 1,142 Female ±665

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