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Searcy County, AR

7,859 Population
665.9 square miles 11.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,694 ±$3,141 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,426 ±$5,883 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23% ±4.5% (1,785  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.4 minutes ±2.5 (84,380  ±9,680) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,197 ±204 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (7,781  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±3.7% (85  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,721 ±21 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$110,000 ±$15,688 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

9.8% ±2.8% (758  ±219.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters 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

82.9% ±6.4% (4,786  ±368.4) 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)
15% ±3.2% (866  ±184.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.4% (107  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±2.1% (521  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
521 Total veterans ±129 465 Male ±114 56 Female ±33

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