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Newport, AR

8,019 Population
13.6 square miles 591.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 40.4 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$17,097 ±$2,520 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson County: $24,194 † ±$2,483
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$32,693 ±$5,124 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $41,215 ±$4,056
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

29.3% ±6.3% (1,660  ±357) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 21.2% † 3,044 (±3.5% / ±499)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

14.9 minutes ±4 (31,535  ±9,243) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jackson County: 21.3 † 118,240 (±2.3 / ±15,014)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

2,567 ±190 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 6,094 ±227
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.2 ±0.2 (5,659  ±117) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.4 14,413 (±0.1 / ±111)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

6.2% ±3.5% (143  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 7.1% † 273 (±2.8% / ±106)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

3,013 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 7,106 ±53
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$132,200 ±$29,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $87,300 ±$5,496
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

27.5% ±5% (2,172  ±395.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 17.1% † 2,832 (±2.8% / ±459.3)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

81.6% ±7.4% (4,797  ±474) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 83.8% 10,029 (±4.8% / ±579.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
10.2% ±2.9% (601  ±169.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson County: 13.3% † 1,587 (±2.1% / ±249.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±1.3% (150  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Jackson County: 1% 165
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

5.4% ±1.8% (361  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 5.6% † 752 (±1.2% / ±160)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
361 Total veterans ±120 345 Male ±119 16 Female ±19

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