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Newport, AR

8,024 Population
13.6 square miles 592.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 40.2 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$17,139 ±$2,799 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson County: $24,769 ±$2,135
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$34,764 ±$7,315 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $44,218 † ±$4,402
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467

30.4% ±6.7% (1,720  ±378) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 21.7% † 3,090 (±3.3% / ±466)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

13.5 minutes ±2.7 (26,910  ±6,281) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 † 109,945 (±2 / ±13,343)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

2,477 ±173 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 6,076 ±214
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2.3 ±0.2 (5,617  ±115) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 2.4 14,298 (±0.1 / ±111)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

6.9% ±3.9% (153  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 7.5% † 289 (±3.1% / ±119)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

2,936 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 7,095 ±54
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$162,600 ±$25,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $98,300 ±$7,193
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754

27.7% ±4.8% (2,193  ±383.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 17.6% † 2,896 (±2.9% / ±469.5)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)

Social

82.9% ±6.2% (4,870  ±410.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 84.9% 10,107 (±4.6% / ±550.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
12.3% ±3% (725  ±177.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 14.7% † 1,752 (±2.1% / ±253.8)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)

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

2.3% ±1.3% (182  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Jackson County: 1.2% 198
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

6.2% ±2% (410  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 6% † 796 (±1.2% / ±161)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
410 Total veterans ±134 394 Male ±131 16 Female ±21

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