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Little Rock, AR

201,984 Population
120 square miles 1,682.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$39,600 ±$2,548 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $33,979 ±$1,223
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arkansas: $29,252 ±$448
$53,565 ±$5,973 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $58,357 ±$2,309
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $52,528 ±$1,002

19% ±2.9% (37,692  ±5,811) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 15% 110,343 (±1.4% / ±10,373)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16.3% 480,153 (±0.7% / ±21,721)

18.3 minutes ±1 (1,502,190  ±118,806) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.1 7,193,090 (±0.6 / ±256,741)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.3 26,264,916 (±0.3 / ±507,432)

Families

89,422 ±3,112 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 308,436 ±3,482
  • Arkansas: 1,183,675 ±7,882
2.2 ±0.1 (198,171  ±1,960) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.4 736,117 (±0 / ±2,345)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,950,099 (±0)

4% ±1.8% (2,006  ±891) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 5.3% † 9,647 (±1.1% / ±1,929)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% 36,729 (±0.5% / ±3,567)

Housing

99,876 ±2,946 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 340,105 ±1,140
  • Arkansas: 1,380,768 ±294

$191,700 ±$12,803 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $183,700 ±$4,533
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $162,300 ±$1,975

15.9% ±2.7% (31,770  ±5,341) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 13.9% 102,921 (±1.3% / ±9,523.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13.2% 394,784 (±0.6% / ±17,418.2)

Social

90.8% ±3.9% (125,274  ±6,375.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 92.7% 467,944 (±2.2% / ±11,130.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,806,873 (±1% / ±20,674.8)
45.1% ±2.9% (62,249  ±4,288.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 33.3% 168,312 (±1.2% / ±6,194.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 25.3% 515,034 (±0.6% / ±12,238)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

6.3% ±1.1% (12,812  ±2,262) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 3.9% † 29,318 (±0.4% / ±3,014)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 4.7% 142,988 (±0.2% / ±6,560)

6.5% ±1% (10,050  ±1,496) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 7.9% 45,147 (±0.6% / ±3,235)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.7% 177,176 (±0.3% / ±6,638)
10,050 Total veterans ±1,496 8,983 Male ±1,456 1,067 Female ±571

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