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Craighead County, AR

115,852 Population
707.2 square miles 163.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1 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

$34,316 ±$3,365 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,748 ±$5,003 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.5% ±4.6% (24,077  ±5,156) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.6 minutes ±0.5 (936,995  ±34,129) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

46,463 ±1,478 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (112,206  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±2.7% (2,047  ±844) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

50,812 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$228,100 ±$14,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.6% ±3.9% (17,882  ±4,493.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.8% ±6.5% (68,476  ±5,022.4) 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)
32.9% ±3.8% (24,794  ±2,892.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • about 90 percent of 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

4.7% (5,474  ±1,630) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1.2% (5,094  ±1,017) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,094 Total veterans ±1,017 4,671 Male ±988 423 Female ±278

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