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Jonesboro Public Schools, AR

38,325 Population
36.2 square miles 1,058.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Craighead County: 34.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,852 ±$2,718 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Craighead County: $33,774 ±$1,464
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,548 ±$3,203 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Craighead County: $59,548 ±$3,493
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.9% ±4.1% (10,968  ±1,562) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Craighead County: 20.1% 22,019 (±1.9% / ±2,085)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16 minutes ±0.6 (216,245  ±19,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Craighead County: 19.6 936,995 (±0.5 / ±34,129)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,934 ±658 Number of households
  • Craighead County: 44,437 ±650
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (37,058  ±1,577) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Craighead County: 2.5 109,911 (±0 / ±33)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.2% (603  ±235) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Craighead County: 5.2% † 1,522 (±1% / ±299)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,643 ±626 Number of housing units
  • Craighead County: 48,885 ±52
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,500 ±$13,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Craighead County: $210,400 ±$6,913
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22% ±3.5% (8,357  ±1,368.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Craighead County: 17.1% 19,169 (±1.7% / ±1,871.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±3.7% (21,450  ±1,314.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Craighead County: 90.2% 65,439 (±3% / ±2,157.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.3% ±2.7% (6,209  ±702.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Craighead County: 29.7% 21,539 (±1.8% / ±1,323.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.8% ±1.1% (1,452  ±419) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Craighead County: 3.7% 4,240
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1.1% (1,645  ±313) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Craighead County: 6.3% † 5,325 (±0.6% / ±539)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,645 Total veterans ±313 1,537 Male ±297 108 Female ±74

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