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Little Rock, AR

203,844 Population
120.3 square miles 1,694.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$41,709 ±$2,747 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $37,480 ±$1,284
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $33,012 ±$560
$59,762 ±$4,045 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $66,225 ±$1,839
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $58,700 ±$1,155

15.3% ±3.1% (30,379  ±6,235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 13.5% 100,719 (±1.3% / ±9,598)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 15.7% 466,624 (±0.6% / ±19,172)

18.5 minutes ±1.1 (1,513,680  ±128,209) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.9 7,640,560 (±0.7 / ±279,328)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.7 28,255,830 (±0.4 / ±566,079)

Families

89,358 ±3,753 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 310,926 ±4,779
  • Arkansas: 1,232,871 ±8,404
2.2 ±0.1 (198,179  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.4 747,685 (±0 / ±2,336)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 † 2,982,612 (±,450.6 / ±-555,555,600)

4.8% ±1.7% (2,409  ±867) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.6% † 8,538 (±0.9% / ±1,718)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 36,877 (±0.5% / ±3,201)

Housing

104,890 ±3,414 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 346,982 ±1,314
  • Arkansas: 1,409,104 ±322

$241,600 ±$11,478 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $220,700 ±$6,065
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $195,700 ±$3,625

12.2% ±2.1% (24,521  ±4,256.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 10.4% 78,978 (±1% / ±7,172.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 12.1% 367,964 (±0.6% / ±16,566)

Social

91.8% ±3.7% (129,139  ±6,751.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 91.8% 474,474 (±2.3% / ±12,161.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,854,856 (±1% / ±21,619.8)
43.1% ±2.7% (60,614  ±4,310.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 33.2% 171,495 (±1.3% / ±6,963.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 26.2% 544,020 (±0.6% / ±12,726.2)

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

9.8% ±1.4% (19,964  ±2,878) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.8% 36,868 (±0.5% / ±3,548)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% † 162,340 (±,958.3% / ±7,452)

4.7% ±1.1% (7,536  ±1,729) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 7.6% 44,329 (±0.6% / ±3,334)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7% 164,175 (±0.3% / ±7,006)
7,536 Total veterans ±1,729 6,895 Male ±1,707 641 Female ±341

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