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Paragould School District, AR

24,164 Population
119.9 square miles 201.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Greene County: 38 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,799 ±$1,609 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Greene County: $28,951 ±$1,030
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,980 ±$4,130 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Greene County: $57,839 ±$3,888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.1% ±3.5% (5,152  ±854) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Greene County: 17.4% † 7,874 (±2.3% / ±1,036)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±1.3 (176,630  ±17,511) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Greene County: 22.8 434,205 (±1.5 / ±33,985)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,227 ±483 Number of households
  • Greene County: 17,994 ±358
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (23,681  ±1,187) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Greene County: 2.5 45,708 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±2% (282  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greene County: 5.4% † 579 (±1.7% / ±183)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,927 ±448 Number of housing units
  • Greene County: 19,603 ±43
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$170,500 ±$11,699 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Greene County: $169,300 ±$8,382
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±3.3% (3,962  ±804.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Greene County: 17.4% † 7,999 (±2.6% / ±1,196.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86% ±2.5% (13,612  ±782.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Greene County: 86.8% 27,301 (±3.6% / ±1,149.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.8% ±2.1% (2,507  ±349.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Greene County: 16.9% 5,316 (±1.7% / ±521.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.9% ±0.3% (207  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Greene County: 1.4% 639
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.5% (1,150  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Greene County: 7.4% † 2,608 (±1.1% / ±390)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,150 Total veterans ±283 984 Male ±224 166 Female ±128

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