Arkansas State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE Population, 2008 estimate  2,855,390 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  6.8% Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  2,673,386 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  7.1% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  24.6% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  14.3% Female persons, percent, 2008  51.0% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  80.8% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  15.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  0.9% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  5.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  75.6% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  53.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  2.8% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  5.0% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  75.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  16.7% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  576,471 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  21.9 Housing units, 2007  1,287,429 Homeownership rate, 2000  69.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  13.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $72,800 Households, 2000  1,042,696 Persons per household, 2000  2.49 Median household income, 2007  $38,239 Per capita money income, 1999  $16,904 Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  17.6% Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  66,7951 Private nonfarm employment, 2006  1,041,9981 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  5.2%1 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  187,733 Total number of firms, 2002  209,010 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  4.3% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  1.1% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  23.7% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  46,721,413 Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  34,470,795 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  25,611,630 Retail sales per capita, 2002  $9,459 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  2,766,905 Building permits, 2008  8,810 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  22,454,0081 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  52,068.17 Persons per square mile, 2000  51.3 FIPS Code  05 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov).