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Southwest Arkansas PUMA, AR

124,115 Population
5,708.2 square miles 21.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.6 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

$29,363 ±$1,395 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
$56,673 ±$3,765 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±2.7% (18,656  ±3,288) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±0.9 (1,078,680  ±50,515) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

49,289 ±2,072 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (120,145  ±1,810) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

11.5% ±2.9% (3,106  ±807) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

65,230 ±1,393 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$120,000 ±$10,865 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.7% ±1.6% (9,318  ±1,949.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.9% ±4.4% (76,638  ±4,207.6) 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)
20.9% ±2.6% (17,966  ±2,284.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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)

4.3% ±0.5% (5,116  ±541.9) 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)

2.3% ±0.6% (2,848  ±700) 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

5.4% ±0.9% (5,169  ±858) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,169 Total veterans ±858 4,650 Male ±807 519 Female ±306

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