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Lester township, Craighead County, AR

403 Population
31.3 square miles 12.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±44.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Craighead County: 34.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,949 ±$17,187 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Craighead County: $33,774 ±$1,464
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,609 ±$43,677 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Craighead County: $59,548 ±$3,493
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3% ±4.3% (12  ±19) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Craighead County: 20.1% 22,019 (±1.9% / ±2,085)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

40.2 minutes ±46.9 (9,450  ±7,332) Mean travel time to work
  • about double the figure in Craighead County: 19.6 936,995 (±0.5 / ±34,129)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

145 ±60 Number of households
  • Craighead County: 44,437 ±650
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±1.3 (403  ±254) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Craighead County: 2.5 109,911 (±0 / ±33)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

47.2% ±34.2% (42  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Craighead County: 5.2% † 1,522 (±1% / ±299)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

145 ±60 Number of housing units
  • Craighead County: 48,885 ±52
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,700 ±$53,675 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Craighead County: $210,400 ±$6,913
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

86.4% ±63.4% (291  ±120.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Craighead County: 90.2% 65,439 (±3% / ±2,157.6)
  • 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)
20.5% ±15.8% (69  ±67.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Craighead County: 29.7% 21,539 (±1.8% / ±1,323.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-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

N/A Foreign-born population

6% ±3.1% (22  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Craighead County: 6.3% † 5,325 (±0.6% / ±539)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
22 Total veterans ±17 22 Male ±17 N/A Female ±13

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