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Little Rock, AR

198,594 Population
118.8 square miles 1,671.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.1 ±0.3

Economics

$35,418 ±$2,252 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $29,350 ±$663
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arkansas: $25,316 ±$356
$57,534 ±$4,229 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $53,173 ±$2,106
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $45,869 ±$760

14.7% ±2.7% (28,722  ±5,249) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 13% † 94,243 (±1.3% / ±9,397)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16.4% 478,365 (±0.6% / ±17,030)

18.3 minutes ±1.1 (1,695,350  ±131,025) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.1 7,630,595 (±0.6 / ±260,419)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 21.6 26,645,190 (±0.3 / ±448,994)

Families

79,869 ±3,117 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 283,142 ±3,968
  • Arkansas: 1,153,082 ±8,560
2.4 ±0.1 (194,868  ±1,339) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.6 724,471 (±0 / ±2,452)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,919,337 (±0)

7.2% ±2.5% (3,476  ±1,203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 6.7% † 12,081 (±1.2% / ±2,196)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 6% 41,016 (±0.5% / ±3,623)

Housing

93,514 ±3,147 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 325,484 ±1,323
  • Arkansas: 1,370,109 ±231

$169,900 ±$7,339 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: $155,200 ±$3,522
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arkansas: $128,500 ±$1,841

14% ±2.4% (27,455  ±4,780.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 13.6% 99,501 (±1.2% / ±8,752.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 458,678 (±0.6% / ±17,698.2)

Social

92.6% ±3.9% (123,397  ±6,010.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 91.3% 450,196 (±2.2% / ±10,962.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 86.7% 1,740,856 (±0.9% / ±19,300.1)
44.6% ±3% (59,447  ±4,310.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 31.1% 153,420 (±1.3% / ±6,431.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 23.4% 470,114 (±0.5% / ±10,071)

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

7.2% ±1.3% (14,373  ±2,549) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.3% 31,606 (±0.4% / ±2,845)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 4.7% 140,078 (±0.2% / ±5,172)

7.4% ±1.1% (10,981  ±1,618) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 9.7% 54,360 (±0.8% / ±4,370)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 8.9% 203,639 (±0.3% / ±7,500)
10,981 Total veterans ±1,618 8,948 Male ±1,497 2,033 Female ±903

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