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Jefferson County, AR

64,246 Population
872.3 square miles 73.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$22,835 ±$2,729 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $31,380 ±$461
  • about half the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$44,584 ±$4,726 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $55,432 ±$994
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

20.3% ±4.1% (11,833  ±2,382) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16.8% 496,311 (±0.7% / ±21,321)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20.4 minutes ±0.9 (476,290  ±30,240) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.2 26,944,420 (±0.1 / ±228,478)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

24,326 ±1,464 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,216,207 ±8,435
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0.2 (58,155  ±795) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,962,570
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3.2% ±2.7% (459  ±388) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.7% 39,688 (±0.5% / ±3,505)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

30,680 ±333 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,395,735 ±200
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$95,500 ±$19,066 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $179,800 ±$3,010
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.2% ±4% (7,752  ±2,529.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 13% 389,752 (±0.6% / ±16,784.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.4% ±6.8% (39,389  ±3,077.2) 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)
21.6% ±3.6% (9,498  ±1,580.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.4% 522,807 (±0.6% / ±11,838.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.4% (923  ±232) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.1% 156,073
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7.2% ±1.9% (3,611  ±954) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 178,677 (±0.3% / ±6,589)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
3,611 Total veterans ±954 3,054 Male ±838 557 Female ±391

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