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Alma, AR

5,906 Population
5.7 square miles 1,030.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.2 ±5.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,196 ±$3,992 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $32,511 ±$1,682
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,562 ±$9,884 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $58,468 ±$1,723
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.3% ±12.4% (1,551  ±703) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 16.4% 37,015 (±0.9% / ±2,020)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.6 minutes ±7.2 (51,380  ±16,918) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.5 1,974,365 (±0.5 / ±57,606)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,896 ±220 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,992 ±773
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.4 (5,842  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 226,870 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±4.7% (79  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.8% † 3,550 (±0.9% / ±482)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,000 ±223 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 101,458 ±119
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,600 ±$40,222 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $171,200 ±$3,507
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.4% ±12.3% (1,253  ±716.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.3% 30,236 (±0.8% / ±1,853.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±12.3% (2,756  ±500.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 85.8% 133,378 (±1.6% / ±2,535.6)
  • 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)
18.9% ±6.6% (577  ±213.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21% 32,690 (±0.9% / ±1,360.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.7% ±0.7% (40  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.6% 15,076
  • 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

7.8% ±4% (295  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 8.2% 14,373 (±0.5% / ±786)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
295 Total veterans ±157 239 Male ±146 56 Female ±87

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