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Helena-West Helena, AR Urban Area

7,892 Population
6.1 square miles 1,291.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$19,504 ±$2,125 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$31,570 ±$5,650 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

34% ±5.7% (2,639  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.9 minutes ±3.7 (45,975  ±11,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,229 ±230 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.2 (7,760  ±343) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

9.5% ±6.4% (179  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

4,557 ±222 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$66,400 ±$9,597 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

19.4% ±5% (1,500  ±394.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.3% ±8.1% (4,105  ±484.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13% ±3.7% (647  ±186.8) 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

2.1% ±1.8% (168  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.9% ±1.8% (274  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
274 Total veterans ±104 256 Male ±101 18 Female ±24

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