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Sharp County, AR

17,773 Population
604.6 square miles 29.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,969 ±$4,967 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
$44,637 ±$5,213 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.5% ±2.2% (2,886  ±391) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±2 (151,310  ±15,717) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,856 ±260 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (17,571  ±35) 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

7.4% ±2.8% (243  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,525 ±29 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,100 ±$9,782 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

8.2% ±1.7% (1,450  ±304) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±4.8% (11,117  ±618.2) 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)
13.9% ±2.3% (1,793  ±300.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

1.3% (225  ±104) 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

9.2% ±1.2% (1,301  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,301 Total veterans ±166 1,186 Male ±175 115 Female ±68

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