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Prairie township, Newton County, AR

206 Population
17.1 square miles 12.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Newton County: 49.9 ±1.7
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,442 ±$11,273 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Newton County: $29,648 † ±$3,798
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

4.9% ±6.3% (10  ±14) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Newton County: 15.9% † 1,114 (±4.6% / ±320)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

N/A

Families

116 ±68 Number of households
  • Newton County: 3,179 ±179
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±1.4 (206  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Newton County: 2.2 7,046 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

131 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Newton County: 4,099 ±18
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,500 ±$31,376 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Newton County: $169,300 ±$13,595
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

90.3% ±65.7% (186  ±91.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Newton County: 83.4% 4,312 (±6.9% / ±365.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.2% ±18.6% (19  ±39.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Newton County: 15.7% † 811 (±3.3% / ±172.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

19.9% ±15.6% (41  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Newton County: 11.4% † 660 (±2.8% / ±163)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±39 11 Male ±17 30 Female ±35

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