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Paragould, AR Urban Area

25,949 Population
16.2 square miles 1,603 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,985 ±$1,389 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,392 ±$5,015 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.8% ±3.4% (5,229  ±872) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±1.5 (192,270  ±20,935) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,171 ±416 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (25,609  ±787) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±2.8% (442  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,071 ±393 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,300 ±$7,986 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.5% ±3.6% (4,996  ±931.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±4.4% (14,904  ±952.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.1% ±2% (2,458  ±365.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of 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

2.1% ±1.1% (548  ±284) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±1.7% (1,423  ±334) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,423 Total veterans ±334 1,357 Male ±320 66 Female ±89

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