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Forrest City, AR Urban Area

9,406 Population
7 square miles 1,341.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$19,299 ±$3,808 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$35,474 ±$4,178 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

35.4% ±8% (3,268  ±751) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

14.8 minutes ±1.8 (46,330  ±8,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

3,646 ±309 Number of households
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.6 ±0.2 (9,334  ±390) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

8.6% ±5.3% (191  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

4,309 ±293 Number of housing units
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$73,000 ±$14,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

10.8% ±4% (994  ±,368.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

81.4% ±8.3% (4,608  ±,548.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
17.2% ±4.2% (973  ±,242.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

4.8% ±3.7% (447  ±347) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

3.3% ±1.4% (218  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
218 Total veterans ±91 189 Male ±89 29 Female ±27

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