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Paragould School District, AR

23,706 Population
119.9 square miles 197.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Greene County: 37.8 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$24,676 ±$1,365 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Greene County: $27,650 ±$1,053
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$53,477 ±$3,336 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Greene County: $56,793 ±$2,743
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

20.7% ±3.2% (4,718  ±775) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Greene County: 17% † 7,657 (±2.3% / ±1,048)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

19.1 minutes ±1.3 (172,845  ±19,206) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Greene County: 22.4 421,775 (±1.3 / ±30,100)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

9,036 ±449 Number of households
  • Greene County: 17,926 ±333
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.6 ±0.2 (23,183  ±1,130) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Greene County: 2.5 45,417 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

2.3% ±1.3% (133  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Greene County: 3.2% † 346 (±1.2% / ±131)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

9,761 ±444 Number of housing units
  • Greene County: 19,420 ±62
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$167,700 ±$11,000 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Greene County: $162,200 ±$7,508
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

17.7% ±3.2% (4,164  ±770.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Greene County: 17.4% † 7,997 (±2.4% / ±1,111.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

86.7% ±3% (13,352  ±817.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Greene County: 87.4% 27,297 (±3.6% / ±1,135.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
16.7% ±2.2% (2,574  ±364.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Greene County: 16.5% † 5,150 (±1.7% / ±514.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.3% (210  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Greene County: 0.9% 426
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

7.3% ±1.3% (1,297  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greene County: 8.3% † 2,902 (±1.1% / ±382)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
1,297 Total veterans ±241 1,121 Male ±206 176 Female ±115

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