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Congressional District 1, AR

754,656 Population
19,849.9 square miles 38 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,377 ±$1,231 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,325 ±$1,751 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.5% ±1.2% (134,889  ±9,061) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.2 minutes ±0.8 (6,733,295  ±303,375) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.7 28,737,150 (±0.3 / ±498,108)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

304,167 ±4,410 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (729,457  ±4,243) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±1.2% (9,686  ±1,936) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

355,839 ±2,234 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$171,700 ±$4,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.4% ±1.1% (92,651  ±8,280) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.9% ±1.8% (459,320  ±10,197.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,873,987 (±1.1% / ±23,074.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19.5% ±1% (101,759  ±5,078.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.7% ±0.3% (26,303  ±1,786.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 8.3% 238,660 (±0.2% / ±4,474.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.7% ±0.4% (20,122  ±3,128) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.5% ±0.4% (38,107  ±2,608) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
38,107 Total veterans ±2,608 34,152 Male ±2,387 3,955 Female ±886

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