2024 population: 769,258 ( 21,217 from 2020)
Land area: 4083.8 square miles
Population density: 188.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	488,519	63.51%	0.6%
Black:	188,251	24.47%	5.1%
Indian:	3,066	0.40%	4.7%
Asian:	14,875	1.93%	13.3%
2+ races:	16,634	2.16%	12.8%
Hispanic:	57,913	7.53%	10.1%

Total non-White:	280,739	36.49%	6.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	37,864	12.7
Deaths:	34,844	11.6
Net Migration:	13,648	4.6
Net Immigration:	4,270	1.4

Change in White population:	3,020	0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	18,197	2.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
748,041
485,499	64.90%
179,159	23.95%
2,927	0.39%
13,128	1.75%
14,751	1.97%
52,577	7.03%
262,542	35.10%

2010
699,757
487,009	69.60%
154,322	22.05%
2,836	0.41%
10,438	1.49%
10,815	1.55%
33,575	4.80%
212,748	30.40%

2000
610,518
454,505	74.45%
127,783	20.93%
2,515	0.41%
5,945	0.97%
6,722	1.10%
12,646	2.07%
156,013	25.55%

1990
535,034
422,727	79.01%
102,181	19.10%
1,993	0.37%
3,246	0.61%
n/a
4,887	0.91%
112,307	20.99%

1980
494,758
395,713	79.98%
90,580	18.31%
1,775	0.36%
2,286	0.46%
n/a
4,213	0.85%
99,045	20.02%

1970
396,462
323,649	81.63%
69,376	17.50%
301	0.08%
346	0.09%
n/a
2,537	0.64%
72,813	18.37%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
88,569	12.7
60,439	8.6
6,966	1.0
7,696	1.1

-1,510	-0.2
49,794	7.1

Number	Rate
2000's
87,371	14.3
51,288	8.4
34,660	5.7
5,166	0.8

32,504	5.3
56,735	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
85,323	15.9
49,667	9.3
16,476	3.1
3,281	0.6

31,778	5.9
43,706	8.2

Number	Rate
1980's
84,639	17.1
42,513	8.6
958	0.2
n/a

27,014	5.5
13,262	2.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
50,994	12.9
n/a

72,064	18.2
26,232	6.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.6
173,110	22.5%
596,148	77.5%
119,270	15.5%

301,896
2.43

189,571	62.8%
136,606	72.1%
23,033	12.2%
112,325	37.2%

2010
Number	Percent
35.8
171,614	24.5%
528,143	75.5%
85,064	12.2%

279,225
2.45

185,039	66.3%
132,446	71.6%
23,573	12.7%
94,186	33.7%

2000
Number	Percent
34.9
156,431	25.6%
454,087	74.4%
69,071	11.3%

241,167
2.47

166,392	69.0%
127,652	76.7%
19,242	11.6%
74,775	31.0%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
141,819	26.5%
393,215	73.5%
61,278	11.5%

203,285
2.57

145,826	71.7%
117,899	80.8%
13,896	9.5%
57,459	28.3%

1980
Number	Percent
29.1
146,514	29.6%
348,244	70.4%
49,654	10.0%

176,461
2.73

132,875	75.3%
109,780	82.6%
12,576	9.5%
43,586	24.7%

2022 Housing Data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	18,308	6.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,443	4.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	12,613	4.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,259	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	15,046	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	13,492	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,988	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	13,022	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	13,047	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	22,022	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	28,491	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	37,666	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	28,756	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	18,158	6.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	21,468	7.1%
$200,000 or more	21,117	7.0%

Median Household Income	62,251
Per Capita Income	36,601

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	17,486	5.8%
Public Assistance	5,855	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	31,274	10.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	309,932	68.9%
Unemployed	15,182	3.4%
In Armed Forces	4,173	0.9%

Total Labor Force	329,287	73.2%
Not in Labor Force	120,656	26.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	120,496	102,790	54.0%
Non-Profit	10,811	20,549	34.5%
Self-Employed	19,316	11,745	62.2%

Local Government	7,857	12,455	38.7%
State Government	11,315	19,609	36.6%
Federal Government	6,225	5,275	54.1%

Total Private + Self	139,812	114,535	55.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	36,208	57,888	38.5%
Total	176,020	172,423	50.5%

Pct. Govt.	18.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	56,545	16.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	77,847	22.3%
Professional, Technical	88,470	25.3%
Service Occupations	53,820	15.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	986	0.3%
All others	72,389	20.7%

White Collar		63.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	62,517	17.9%
Retail trade	41,833	12.0%
Educational services	31,028	8.9%
Manufacturing	26,430	7.6%
Construction	23,833	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	22,197	6.4%
Public administration	21,778	6.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	20,543	5.9%
Finance and insurance	19,182	5.5%
Transportation and warehousing	17,937	5.1%
Other services	16,332	4.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13,288	3.8%
Wholesale trade	8,997	2.6%
Information	6,625	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,699	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,624	1.3%
Utilities	3,507	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,519	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	819	0.2%
Management	383	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	27,936	3.73%
Puerto Rican	1,369	0.18%
Cuban	482	0.06%
Dominican	28	0.00%

Total Central American	6,752	0.90%
Costa Rican	156	0.02%
Guatemalan	2,211	0.30%
Honduran	906	0.12%
Nicaraguan	514	0.07%
Panamanian	262	0.03%
Salvadoran	2,487	0.33%
Other Central American	216	0.03%

Total South American	1,711	0.23%
Argentinean	195	0.03%
Bolivian	50	0.01%
Chilean	361	0.05%
Colombian	244	0.03%
Ecuadorian	126	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	158	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	419	0.06%
Other South American	158	0.02%

Other Hispanic	3,772	0.50%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,664	0.36%
Filipino	2,218	0.30%
Chinese	1,835	0.24%
Korean	1,059	0.14%
Vietnamese	952	0.13%
Thai	458	0.06%
Japanese	366	0.05%
Indonesian	232	0.03%
Cambodian	217	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	659,267	93.7%
Spanish	28,521	4.1%
Other Indo-European	3,299	0.5%
Other Asian	2,066	0.3%
Chinese	1,985	0.3%
Other	1,518	0.2%
German, other Germanic	1,452	0.2%
Tagalog	1,291	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,203	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	80,454	10.7%
German	66,202	8.8%
Irish	65,672	8.8%
American	53,355	7.1%
African	14,623	2.0%
European	12,951	1.7%
Scottish	12,923	1.7%
French	10,549	1.4%
Italian	10,127	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	7,819	1.0%
Polish	5,690	0.8%
Dutch	5,233	0.7%
British	4,567	0.6%
Welsh	3,451	0.5%
Norwegian	3,141	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	731,695	97.7%
Not a citizen	17,595	2.3%

Native	718,447	95.9%
Foreign-born	30,843	4.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
14,301	2.8%	26,172	5.2%	145,180	28.8%	154,791	30.7%	100,574	20.0%	62,720	12.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	14,301	2.8%
9-12 Years	26,172	5.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	145,180	28.8%
Some College	154,791	30.7%
Bach. Degree	100,574	20.0%
Grad Degree	62,720	12.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	565,984	533,648	32,336	5.7%
1991	568,152	533,770	34,382	6.1%
1992	582,164	547,642	34,522	5.9%
1993	584,750	556,074	28,676	4.9%
1994	599,868	574,168	25,700	4.3%
1995	610,058	587,944	22,114	3.6%
1996	621,060	597,930	23,130	3.7%
1997	625,696	601,404	24,292	3.9%
1998	630,354	606,868	23,486	3.7%
1999	636,600	615,908	20,692	3.3%

2000	624,084	601,624	22,460	3.6%
2001	624,630	598,922	25,708	4.1%
2002	626,442	596,754	29,688	4.7%
2003	630,892	598,698	32,194	5.1%
2004	647,404	615,306	32,098	5.0%
2005	662,746	631,636	31,110	4.7%
2006	665,328	634,166	31,162	4.7%
2007	671,870	640,678	31,192	4.6%
2008	679,626	647,938	31,688	4.7%
2009	680,362	635,450	44,912	6.6%

2010	695,100	647,328	47,772	6.9%
2011	697,390	649,176	48,214	6.9%
2012	700,130	655,258	44,872	6.4%
2013	696,626	653,160	43,466	6.2%
2014	692,142	655,634	36,508	5.3%
2015	697,752	666,864	30,888	4.4%
2016	701,858	677,114	24,744	3.5%
2017	708,332	684,556	23,776	3.4%
2018	712,076	688,534	23,542	3.3%
2019	718,184	695,186	22,998	3.2%

2020	709,502	663,780	45,722	6.4%
2021	702,426	672,982	29,444	4.2%
2022	719,658	696,658	23,000	3.2%
2023	732,974	710,882	22,092	3.0%
2024	760,932	736,250	24,682	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	337,837
Median Value	$186,281

Occupied	301,896	89.4%
Vacant	35,941	10.6%

Owned	193,382	64.1%
Rented	108,514	35.9%
Median Rent	$959

Single-Family Units	233,529	69.1%
Detached	228,926	67.8%
Attached	4,603	1.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	53,569	15.9%
Mobile Homes	29,840	8.8%

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area