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Desha County, AR

10,786 Population
741.2 square miles 14.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,568 ±$1,662 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,662 ±$4,562 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.3% ±4.8% (3,023  ±516) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±2.1 (73,435  ±9,412) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,610 ±207 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (10,650  ±9) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±4.8% (216  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,799 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$90,900 ±$7,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10% ±2.7% (1,069  ±288.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.9% ±5.3% (5,733  ±403.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.6% ±2.4% (929  ±173.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-third of 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

3.5% (381  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1.3% (361  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
361 Total veterans ±102 329 Male ±96 32 Female ±26

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