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West Prairie township, Poinsett County, AR

840 Population
70.5 square miles 11.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Poinsett County: 40 ±0.8
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,435 ±$4,955 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Poinsett County: $25,536 ±$1,657
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,962 ±$7,774 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Poinsett County: $46,707 ±$3,936
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.9% ±7.6% (90  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Poinsett County: 20.1% † 4,452 (±2.8% / ±626)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±4.8 (9,030  ±2,692) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Poinsett County: 24.3 205,055 (±2 / ±18,892)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

308 ±53 Number of households
  • Poinsett County: 8,792 ±290
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (840  ±176) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Poinsett County: 2.5 22,236 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • 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

0.6% ±2.9% (1  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Poinsett County: 4.5% † 223 (±1.9% / ±96)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

416 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Poinsett County: 10,449 ±28
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$104,300 ±$15,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Poinsett County: $103,000 ±$8,143
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.3% ±13% (229  ±118.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Poinsett County: 15.9% † 3,559 (±2.8% / ±619.8)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±23% (470  ±82.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Poinsett County: 81.2% 12,502 (±3.6% / ±561.7)
  • a little higher than 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)
16.2% ±6.7% (83  ±37.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Poinsett County: 11.4% † 1,750 (±1.5% / ±237.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about half 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

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Poinsett County: 1.1% 256
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±3.1% (24  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Poinsett County: 5.1% † 877 (±0.9% / ±158)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±18 19 Male ±12 5 Female ±8

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