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Washington County, AR

266,184 Population
941.5 square miles 282.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,558 ±$2,179 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,593 ±$5,550 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.4% ±2.9% (37,058  ±7,350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.6 minutes ±0.4 (2,563,340  ±107,298) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 22.7 28,737,150 (±0.3 / ±498,108)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

99,868 ±2,187 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (257,059  ±382) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±1.4% (3,460  ±1,002) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

109,718 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$348,300 ±$10,213 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.5% ±1.9% (35,325  ±5,057.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.7% ±3.7% (146,187  ±6,218.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,873,987 (±1.1% / ±23,074.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.7% ±2.3% (58,829  ±3,801.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

12.9% (34,194  ±3,018) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.9% ±0.8% (10,045  ±1,675) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,045 Total veterans ±1,675 9,212 Male ±1,599 833 Female ±527

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