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Watensaw township, Prairie County, AR

1,082 Population
68.2 square miles 15.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±10.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Prairie County: 45.7 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,409 ±$6,047 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Prairie County: $30,905 † ±$3,092
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,000 ±$25,377 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Prairie County: $51,646 † ±$6,250
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±8.3% (135  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Prairie County: 11.8% † 924 (±3.1% / ±238)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±3.5 (8,970  ±3,812) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Prairie County: 26.6 87,600 (±1.8 / ±8,414)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

472 ±122 Number of households
  • Prairie County: 3,256 ±150
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,082  ±308) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Prairie County: 2.4 7,915 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

630 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Prairie County: 4,086 ±17
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

15.3% ±9.4% (165  ±112.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Prairie County: 9.7% † 777 (±3.2% / ±253.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.6% ±28.8% (640  ±155.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Prairie County: 87.4% 5,072 (±6.5% / ±384.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15% ±7.8% (119  ±69) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Prairie County: 18.2% † 1,058 (±3.1% / ±180.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-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

0.7% ±1% (7  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Prairie County: 0.6% 49
  • about 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

5.5% ±3.9% (45  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Prairie County: 6.4% † 407 (±2% / ±125)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
45 Total veterans ±34 45 Male ±34 N/A Female ±13

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