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South Central Arkansas PUMA, AR

98,580 Population
3,833.8 square miles 25.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,259 ±$1,076 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $27,724 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$41,118 ±$2,682 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $49,475 ±$431
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

20.4% ±1.5% (19,447  ±1,415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16.1% 470,190 (±0.3% / ±8,038)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

19.8 minutes ±0.6 (737,590  ±31,132) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 21.8 26,956,185 (±0.1 / ±214,114)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

38,544 ±702 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,170,544 ±4,411
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0.1 (95,088  ±406) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,928,116 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.9% ±1.2% (1,284  ±261) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 38,542 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

52,162 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,379,778 ±574
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$83,000 ±$3,004 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $133,600 ±$1,009
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

10% ±1.2% (9,790  ±1,131.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 14.6% 433,970 (±0.3% / ±7,926.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

86.4% ±2.4% (57,302  ±1,602.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 87.2% 1,766,362 (±0.5% / ±10,218.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
17.8% ±1.1% (11,785  ±738.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 23.8% 482,695 (±0.3% / ±6,004.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

3.4% ±0.4% (3,133  ±365.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 213,498 (±0.1% / ±3,842.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

1.7% ±0.3% (1,719  ±263) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 4.9% 148,142 (±0.1% / ±3,176)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.6% ±0.5% (5,779  ±415) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 8.3% 191,786 (±0.1% / ±3,331)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
5,779 Total veterans ±415 5,423 Male ±419 356 Female ±126

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