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Jonesboro Public Schools, AR

37,836 Population
36.2 square miles 1,045 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Craighead County: 34.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$26,765 ±$2,223 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Craighead County: $32,319 ±$1,299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$41,158 ±$2,976 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Craighead County: $57,615 ±$2,605
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

29.4% ±3.9% (10,691  ±1,490) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Craighead County: 19.1% 20,670 (±1.6% / ±1,777)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

16.8 minutes ±1.2 (224,200  ±24,715) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Craighead County: 19.7 934,855 (±0.9 / ±49,506)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

14,745 ±651 Number of households
  • Craighead County: 43,357 ±569
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.5 ±0 (36,528  ±1,676) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Craighead County: 2.5 108,672 (±0 / ±42)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

6.2% ±2.2% (625  ±232) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Craighead County: 4.7% † 1,351 (±1.1% / ±307)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

16,466 ±624 Number of housing units
  • Craighead County: 47,983 ±53
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$188,000 ±$12,905 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Craighead County: $198,700 ±$7,247
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

25.9% ±4.5% (9,689  ±1,729.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Craighead County: 18.7% 20,702 (±1.8% / ±1,976.7)
  • about double the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

90.3% ±3.5% (21,080  ±1,314.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Craighead County: 90.3% 64,723 (±2.9% / ±2,089.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
24.5% ±2.6% (5,725  ±665.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Craighead County: 27.8% 19,912 (±1.7% / ±1,200.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

3.8% ±1.2% (1,433  ±459) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Craighead County: 3.6% 4,061
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

6.4% ±1.3% (1,761  ±353) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Craighead County: 6.2% † 5,160 (±0.7% / ±562)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
1,761 Total veterans ±353 1,685 Male ±336 76 Female ±75

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