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Arkansas Population
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People QuickFacts |
Arkansas |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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2,779,154 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
4.0% |
| Population, 2000
|
2,673,400 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
13.7% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
6.7% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
24.6% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
13.8% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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51.0% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
81.3% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
15.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.7% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
0.9% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
1.2% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
4.4% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
77.2% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
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 |
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| Housing units, 2004
|
1,233,203 |
| 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 |
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| Households, 2000
|
1,042,696 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.49 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
|
$16,904 |
| Median household income, 2003
|
$33,445 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
16.0% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Arkansas |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
64,2851 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
988,9411 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
-0.2%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
170,696 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
46,721,413 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
|
25,611,630 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
|
$9,459 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
6.7% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
22.0% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
15,855 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
19,488,8221 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Arkansas |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
|
52,068 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
51.3 |
| FIPS Code
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05 |
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