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White County, AR

79,091 Population
1,034 square miles 76.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,590 ±$2,070 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,537 ±$6,534 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.5% ±5.8% (16,443  ±4,440) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.4 minutes ±1.4 (694,655  ±47,262) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as 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

31,703 ±1,033 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (76,229  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9.8% ±4.2% (1,863  ±793) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,646 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$165,200 ±$11,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.6% ±2.6% (9,844  ±1,991.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little 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

88.4% ±6.3% (46,917  ±3,392) 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)
19.7% ±3% (10,437  ±1,616.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • about half 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

2% (1,604  ±564) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±1.5% (4,460  ±933) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,460 Total veterans ±933 4,069 Male ±850 391 Female ±334

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