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Forrest City, AR

12,646 Population
20.2 square miles 624.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$16,688 ±$2,329 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $22,140 ±$1,819
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$35,689 ±$8,903 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $42,574 † ±$6,151
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467

37.7% ±6.9% (3,672  ±676) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 28.5% † 5,553 (±4% / ±777)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

16.4 minutes ±2.8 (53,230  ±11,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 23 165,395 (±1.9 / ±17,472)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

3,831 ±304 Number of households
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 7,783 ±327
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2.5 ±0.2 (9,683  ±215) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2.5 19,437 (±0.1 / ±216)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

13.8% ±8.2% (326  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 10% † 401 (±5.1% / ±203)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

4,608 ±251 Number of housing units
  • the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 9,570 ±88
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$92,000 ±$14,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: $90,900 ±$7,692
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754

20.1% ±4.4% (2,493  ±549.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 14% † 3,099 (±2.6% / ±567.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)

Social

84.9% ±6.1% (7,496  ±572.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 85.9% 13,684 (±4.7% / ±741.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
13.8% ±3.2% (1,219  ±286.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 14.3% † 2,269 (±2.3% / ±358.3)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±1.7% (442  ±216) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 2.2% 492
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

3.8% ±1.2% (380  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Forrest City, AR Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,005 (±1% / ±167)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
380 Total veterans ±116 353 Male ±106 27 Female ±36

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