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Independence, Cleburne & Van Buren Counties PUMA, AR

119,707 Population
3,831.9 square miles 31.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,846 ±$1,956 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$51,242 ±$2,580 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.4% ±3.1% (20,426  ±3,600) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.7 minutes ±1.3 (1,001,505  ±60,183) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

52,629 ±1,897 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (116,908  ±1,625) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.3% ±1.4% (539  ±328) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

63,040 ±1,116 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$162,700 ±$12,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.6% ±2.1% (11,397  ±2,507.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.8% ±4.1% (78,159  ±4,016.7) 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)
17% ±2% (14,832  ±1,763.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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% ±0.4% (4,135  ±471.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of 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)

2.2% ±0.9% (2,626  ±1,035) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.3% ±1.3% (8,045  ±1,282) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,045 Total veterans ±1,282 7,768 Male ±1,278 277 Female ±174

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