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Cross County, AR

16,543 Population
616.3 square miles 26.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,808 ±$1,972 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,863 ±$5,959 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.7% ±3.3% (3,233  ±540) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±2 (160,160  ±15,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,483 ±222 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (16,393  ±3) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10% ±3.7% (364  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,586 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,500 ±$19,760 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.6% ±3.6% (2,212  ±584.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±5.3% (9,776  ±616.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.4% ±2.8% (2,110  ±320.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.5% (748  ±529) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.3% (819  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
819 Total veterans ±163 799 Male ±164 20 Female ±22

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