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Little Rock, AR

197,868 Population
119.2 square miles 1,659.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.1 ±0.3

Economics

$37,330 ±$2,833 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $30,768 ±$1,034
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arkansas: $26,626 ±$522
$47,996 ±$3,487 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $52,102 ±$2,189
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $47,062 ±$713

17.4% ±2.8% (34,021  ±5,531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 15.8% 114,952 (±1.3% / ±9,403)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 17.3% 504,504 (±0.7% / ±19,795)

19.8 minutes ±1 (1,894,120  ±130,119) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.4 7,875,605 (±0.6 / ±263,755)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 21.7 27,221,965 (±0.4 / ±530,798)

Families

81,517 ±2,985 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 284,383 ±3,438
  • Arkansas: 1,156,347 ±7,393
2.4 ±0.1 (194,523  ±1,069) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.6 727,662 (±0 / ±3,150)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,929,598 (±0)

4.7% ±1.6% (2,312  ±809) 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: 5.3% † 9,595 (±0.8% / ±1,511)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.7% 39,677 (±0.4% / ±2,789)

Housing

98,026 ±2,753 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 328,929 ±1,529
  • Arkansas: 1,380,521 ±196

$170,800 ±$6,845 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: $156,600 ±$3,221
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arkansas: $133,100 ±$2,166

12.6% ±2.2% (24,656  ±4,352.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 12.5% 91,386 (±1.1% / ±8,165.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 14.7% 436,667 (±0.6% / ±18,082.9)

Social

89.4% ±3.6% (120,037  ±5,938.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 90.1% 448,759 (±2.3% / ±11,481.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 87.2% 1,762,953 (±1% / ±20,374.4)
40.5% ±2.5% (54,430  ±3,733.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 29.6% 147,599 (±1.3% / ±6,535.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 23.3% 471,275 (±0.5% / ±10,547.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

7.7% ±1.4% (15,296  ±2,745) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.2% † 31,133 (±0.4% / ±3,125)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 4.8% 143,709 (±0.2% / ±6,235)

6.4% ±1.3% (9,868  ±2,035) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 8.7% 49,149 (±0.6% / ±3,212)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 8.2% 187,903 (±0.3% / ±6,038)
9,868 Total veterans ±2,035 8,670 Male ±1,881 1,198 Female ±582

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