Census Reporter

South Central Arkansas PUMA, AR

97,446 Population
3,834 square miles 25.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,093 ±$2,194 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $27,274 ±$471
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$46,804 ±$4,783 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $48,952 ±$863
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

15% ±3.6% (14,073  ±3,392) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16.2% 474,739 (±0.6% / ±16,707)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

19.9 minutes ±0.6 (757,555  ±28,662) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 21.7 27,022,325 (±0.1 / ±214,288)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

36,528 ±1,949 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,163,647 ±8,530
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0.2 (94,040  ±2,651) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,933,793 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±3.1% (935  ±628) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.1% † 35,370 (±0.6% / ±3,821)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

52,221 ±1,036 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,389,159 ±337
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$88,100 ±$8,295 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $136,200 ±$2,039
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

11.6% ±3.2% (11,233  ±3,069.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 14.4% 429,610 (±0.5% / ±16,171.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.3% ±4.6% (57,564  ±3,759.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 87.5% 1,781,463 (±1% / ±19,766.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
18% ±2.6% (11,879  ±1,785.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 23.3% 475,367 (±0.5% / ±10,806)
  • about half the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

3.3% ±0.4% (3,064  ±342.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.5% 211,516 (±0.1% / ±3,484.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

1.5% ±0.9% (1,478  ±865) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.1% 154,286 (±0.2% / ±6,663)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.9% ±1.6% (5,880  ±1,183) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 8% 184,996 (±0.2% / ±5,603)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
5,880 Total veterans ±1,183 5,354 Male ±1,071 526 Female ±379

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