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Little Rock, AR

197,318 Population
120 square miles 1,644.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$34,701 ±$2,533 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $30,899 ±$1,071
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $27,274 ±$471
$54,878 ±$4,551 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $56,849 ±$2,015
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $48,952 ±$863

12.3% ±2.1% (23,854  ±4,056) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 13.8% 100,875 (±1.1% / ±8,134)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 16.2% 474,739 (±0.6% / ±16,707)

17.3 minutes ±0.7 (1,628,445  ±98,433) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 22.7 7,702,800 (±0.6 / ±247,131)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 21.9 27,791,610 (±0.3 / ±483,849)

Families

80,063 ±3,316 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 288,565 ±3,710
  • Arkansas: 1,163,647 ±8,530
2.4 ±0.1 (193,485  ±1,216) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.5 730,081 (±0 / ±2,911)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,933,793 (±0)

4.1% ±1.6% (1,993  ±785) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.4% † 8,143 (±1% / ±1,856)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.1% † 35,370 (±0.6% / ±3,821)

Housing

97,530 ±3,439 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 331,096 ±1,314
  • Arkansas: 1,389,159 ±337

$171,700 ±$9,682 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: $160,500 ±$4,168
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $136,200 ±$2,039

13.6% ±2.4% (26,502  ±4,693.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 11.9% 87,787 (±1% / ±7,354.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 14.4% 429,610 (±0.5% / ±16,171.6)

Social

92.1% ±4.1% (124,155  ±6,399.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 91.3% 457,684 (±2.2% / ±11,447)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 87.5% 1,781,463 (±1% / ±19,766.3)
42.7% ±3% (57,622  ±4,259.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 30.3% 152,030 (±1.3% / ±6,620.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 23.3% 475,367 (±0.5% / ±10,806)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

6.9% ±1.3% (13,701  ±2,467) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.3% 32,058 (±0.3% / ±2,483)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.1% 154,286 (±0.2% / ±6,663)

7% ±1.3% (10,738  ±1,922) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 8.8% 50,126 (±0.6% / ±3,603)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 8% 184,996 (±0.2% / ±5,603)
10,738 Total veterans ±1,922 9,793 Male ±1,750 945 Female ±536

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