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Little Rock, AR

202,851 Population
120.2 square miles 1,687.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.3

Economics

$41,039 ±$3,973 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $34,966 ±$1,193
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arkansas: $31,380 ±$461
$55,065 ±$4,122 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $60,931 ±$1,564
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $55,432 ±$994

18.5% ±4.2% (36,609  ±8,229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 15.8% † 116,718 (±1.7% / ±12,327)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16.8% 496,311 (±0.7% / ±21,321)

19 minutes ±0.9 (1,626,680  ±130,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.1 7,081,970 (±0.7 / ±290,803)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 26,917,420 (±0.3 / ±507,884)

Families

87,444 ±4,060 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 313,550 ±3,938
  • Arkansas: 1,216,207 ±8,435
2.3 ±0.1 (197,572  ±341) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.4 741,897 (±0 / ±1,824)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 † 2,962,570 (±456.8 / ±-555,555,600)

5.8% ±2.2% (2,881  ±1,109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 5% † 9,071 (±1.1% / ±2,035)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 5.7% 39,688 (±0.5% / ±3,505)

Housing

96,847 ±4,106 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 344,771 ±1,021
  • Arkansas: 1,395,735 ±200

$215,000 ±$11,523 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: $201,700 ±$5,683
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $179,800 ±$3,010

14.9% ±3% (29,804  ±5,976.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 12.9% 96,675 (±1.2% / ±8,984.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13% 389,752 (±0.6% / ±16,784.9)

Social

95% ±4.1% (129,653  ±7,145.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 92.7% 471,828 (±2.4% / ±12,588.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 89.1% 1,834,187 (±1% / ±21,531.2)
41% ±2.7% (55,946  ±4,183.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 32.4% 164,804 (±1.4% / ±7,200)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 25.4% 522,807 (±0.6% / ±11,838.7)

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

5.1% ±1% (10,377  ±2,045) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 3.8% † 28,722 (±0.4% / ±2,968)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 5.1% † 156,073 (±934.8% / ±8,242)

6.1% ±1.1% (9,489  ±1,764) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 8% 46,616 (±0.6% / ±3,220)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 178,677 (±0.3% / ±6,589)
9,489 Total veterans ±1,764 7,800 Male ±1,497 1,689 Female ±781

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