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Forrest City, AR Urban Area

8,931 Population
7 square miles 1,273.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,356 ±$5,163 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$31,512 ±$5,690 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

37.1% ±7.3% (3,251  ±658) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.3 minutes ±2 (44,110  ±8,370) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,464 ±296 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.3 (8,856  ±400) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

10.3% ±7.8% (213  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

4,161 ±259 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$82,000 ±$8,441 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.9% ±4.5% (1,037  ±398.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.4% ±8.7% (4,558  ±564.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.4% ±4.3% (831  ±236.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.9% ±1.5% (171  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.5% ±1.9% (278  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
278 Total veterans ±118 255 Male ±106 23 Female ±27

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