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West Central Arkansas PUMA, AR

172,672 Population
3,539.3 square miles 48.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,491 ±$2,287 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,306 ±$4,829 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.9% ±2.5% (24,816  ±4,158) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.6 minutes ±1.9 (1,600,575  ±149,715) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.7 28,737,150 (±0.3 / ±498,108)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

72,193 ±2,355 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (165,605  ±106) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±2.5% (2,047  ±886) 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 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

88,209 ±1,110 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$181,300 ±$15,125 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

9.6% ±2.3% (16,472  ±3,859.7) 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

89.9% ±3.9% (111,119  ±4,948.4) 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)
22.8% ±2.1% (28,213  ±2,642.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

5.7% ±0.6% (9,420  ±909.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 8.3% 238,660 (±0.2% / ±4,474.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.7% (4,701  ±1,190) 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

8.6% ±1% (12,035  ±1,429) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,035 Total veterans ±1,429 11,414 Male ±1,468 621 Female ±451

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