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Jonesboro, AR Urban Area

77,791 Population
46.5 square miles 1,673.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,533 ±$4,522 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$50,928 ±$4,933 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.8% ±4.8% (17,740  ±3,639) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.9 minutes ±0.8 (540,625  ±34,025) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,589 ±1,645 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (74,511  ±2,129) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.5% ±2.5% (967  ±534) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,638 ±1,453 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$232,800 ±$18,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17% ±5% (13,120  ±3,829.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.2% ±7.5% (43,798  ±4,252) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.2% ±4.7% (17,090  ±2,458.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.5% ±2% (4,294  ±1,552) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.6% ±1.2% (2,680  ±730) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,680 Total veterans ±730 2,257 Male ±676 423 Female ±278

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