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People QuickFacts |
Arkansas |
USA |
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Population, 2009 estimate |
2,889,450 |
307,006,550 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 |
8.1% |
9.1% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
2,673,386 |
281,424,602 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 |
7.1% |
6.9% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 |
24.6% |
24.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 |
14.3% |
12.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2009 |
51.0% |
50.7% |
|
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White persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
80.6% |
79.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
15.8% |
12.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
0.9% |
1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
1.2% |
4.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2009 (a) |
0.1% |
0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2009 |
1.5% |
1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2009 (b) |
6.0% |
15.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2009 |
75.1% |
65.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
53.3% |
54.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.8% |
11.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
5.0% |
17.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
75.3% |
80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
16.7% |
24.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
576,471 |
49,746,248 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
21.9 |
25.5 |
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Housing units, 2009 |
1,310,701 |
129,925,421 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
69.4% |
66.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
13.9% |
26.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$72,800 |
$119,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
1,042,696 |
105,480,101 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.49 |
2.59 |
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Median household income, 2008 |
$38,820 |
$52,029 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,904 |
$21,587 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008 |
17.3% |
13.2% |