Census Reporter

Jonesboro, AR Metro Area

132,828 Population
1,465.5 square miles 90.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,110 ±$1,120 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $27,724 ±$245
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$47,610 ±$1,820 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $49,475 ±$431
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

18.2% ±1.3% (23,264  ±1,698) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16.1% 470,190 (±0.3% / ±8,038)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

20 minutes ±0.8 (1,144,800  ±51,524) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 21.8 26,956,185 (±0.1 / ±214,114)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

51,770 ±664 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,170,544 ±4,411
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (128,713  ±384) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,928,116 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

3.5% ±0.9% (1,151  ±295) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 38,542 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

57,150 ±162 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,379,778 ±574
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$136,000 ±$4,129 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $133,600 ±$1,009
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

21.6% ±1.7% (28,412  ±2,170.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 14.6% 433,970 (±0.3% / ±7,926.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

87.8% ±2.6% (75,845  ±2,220.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 87.2% 1,766,362 (±0.5% / ±10,218.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
24.2% ±1.3% (20,884  ±1,150.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 23.8% 482,695 (±0.3% / ±6,004.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

3.4% ±0.4% (4,573  ±584) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 4.9% 148,142 (±0.1% / ±3,176)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

6.2% ±0.5% (6,205  ±469) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 8.3% 191,786 (±0.1% / ±3,331)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
6,205 Total veterans ±469 5,882 Male ±441 323 Female ±144

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