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Benton County, AR

302,863 Population
847.7 square miles 357.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$43,074 ±$1,831 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arkansas: $31,380 ±$461
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$85,917 ±$4,312 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $55,432 ±$994
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

7.3% ±1.5% (21,740  ±4,542) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 16.8% 496,311 (±0.7% / ±21,321)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22 minutes ±1.1 (2,855,275  ±173,842) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 26,917,420 (±0.3 / ±507,884)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

112,045 ±2,428 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,216,207 ±8,435
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0.1 (300,049  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,962,570
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.2% ±1.2% (3,068  ±880) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 5.7% 39,688 (±0.5% / ±3,505)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

122,498 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,395,735 ±200
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$306,900 ±$12,876 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $179,800 ±$3,010
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.6% ±2.1% (37,624  ±6,350.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 13% 389,752 (±0.6% / ±16,784.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90.2% ±3.4% (181,909  ±6,946) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 89.1% 1,834,187 (±1% / ±21,531.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
38.5% ±2.2% (77,673  ±4,342.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 25.4% 522,807 (±0.6% / ±11,838.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

12.4% (37,391  ±4,429) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.1% 156,073
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.4% ±0.9% (14,573  ±2,140) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 178,677 (±0.3% / ±6,589)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
14,573 Total veterans ±2,140 12,769 Male ±1,733 1,804 Female ±767

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