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Forrest City, AR Urban Area

8,506 Population
7 square miles 1,212.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,164 ±$3,118 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$31,848 ±$10,176 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38% ±7.5% (3,204  ±665) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.6 minutes ±3.1 (46,580  ±11,336) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,422 ±297 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (8,428  ±524) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.3% ±7.9% (254  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,155 ±274 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,900 ±$7,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±5.8% (1,090  ±488.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.6% ±8.5% (4,558  ±531.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±4.9% (968  ±265.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% ±2.2% (196  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±1.9% (251  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
251 Total veterans ±117 219 Male ±109 32 Female ±37

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