Arkansas

2022 population: 3,045,637 ( 129,719 from 2010 , 34,082 from 2020)
Land area: 51992.6 square miles
Population density: 58.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	2,161,415	70.97%	0.6%
Black:	466,938	15.33%	4.4%
Indian:	24,107	0.79%	19.4%
Asian:	67,019	2.20%	62.8%
2+ races:	65,622	2.15%	43.2%
Hispanic:	260,536	8.55%	40.0%

Total non-White:	884,222	29.03%	19.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	79,874	13.3
Deaths:	88,854	14.8
Net Migration:	38,055	6.3
Net Immigration:	4,754	0.8

Change in White population:	-12,054	-0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	141,773	4.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
2,915,918
2,173,469	74.54%
447,102	15.33%
20,183	0.69%
41,156	1.41%
45,837	1.57%
186,050	6.38%
742,449	25.46%

2000
2,673,400
2,100,135	78.56%
416,615	15.58%
16,702	0.62%
21,386	0.80%
30,364	1.14%
86,866	3.25%
573,265	21.44%

1990
2,350,725
1,932,640	82.21%
372,390	15.84%
13,903	0.59%
12,206	0.52%
n/a
19,586	0.83%
418,085	17.79%

1980
2,286,435
1,879,514	82.20%
369,856	16.18%
12,256	0.54%
7,232	0.32%
n/a
16,976	0.74%
406,921	17.80%

1970
1,923,295
1,553,529	80.77%
355,491	18.48%
2,032	0.11%
1,832	0.10%
n/a
9,333	0.49%
369,766	19.23%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
361,135	13.5
258,324	9.7
76,445	2.9
36,478	1.4

73,334	2.7
169,184	6.3

Number	Rate
1990's
358,082	15.2
266,263	11.3
120,940	5.1
11,910	0.5

167,495	7.1
155,180	6.6

Number	Rate
1980's
352,874	15.4
236,639	10.3
-37,631	-1.6
n/a

53,126	2.3
11,164	0.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
199,417	10.4
n/a

325,985	16.9
37,155	1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Arkansas

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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
38.4
697,268	22.9%
2,348,369	77.1%
519,434	17.1%

1,171,694
2.51

763,445	65.2%
556,967	73.0%
83,197	10.9%
408,249	34.8%

2010
Number	Percent
37.5
711,475	24.4%
2,204,443	75.6%
419,981	14.4%

1,147,084
2.47

775,811	67.6%
568,277	73.2%
87,803	11.3%
371,273	32.4%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
680,058	25.4%
1,993,342	74.6%
374,729	14.0%

1,042,807
2.49

736,063	70.6%
574,619	78.1%
74,489	10.1%
306,744	29.4%

1990
Number	Percent
33.9
621,268	26.4%
1,729,457	73.6%
349,816	14.9%

891,665
2.57

656,465	73.6%
538,347	82.0%
55,835	8.5%
235,200	26.4%

1980
Number	Percent
30.8
671,203	29.4%
1,615,232	70.6%
312,307	13.7%

816,706
2.74

628,006	76.9%
533,208	84.9%
46,279	7.4%
188,700	23.1%

2022 Housing Data for Arkansas

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	70,774	6.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	62,292	5.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	57,524	4.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	61,781	5.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	59,828	5.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	57,041	4.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	54,982	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	52,026	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	51,410	4.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	91,791	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	114,393	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	145,577	12.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	100,370	8.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	60,217	5.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	65,630	5.6%
$200,000 or more	66,058	5.6%

Median Household Income	56,335
Per Capita Income	31,868

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	74,223	6.3%
Public Assistance	22,046	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	136,579	11.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,130,353	65.4%
Unemployed	64,254	3.7%
In Armed Forces	5,647	0.3%

Total Labor Force	1,200,254	69.4%
Not in Labor Force	528,909	30.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	487,904	395,247	55.2%
Non-Profit	35,085	64,829	35.1%
Self-Employed	86,653	47,981	64.4%

Local Government	33,915	48,920	40.9%
State Government	32,724	54,973	37.3%
Federal Government	15,313	13,229	53.7%

Total Private + Self	574,557	443,228	56.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	117,037	181,951	39.1%
Total	691,594	625,179	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	15.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	184,773	14.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	271,919	20.6%
Professional, Technical	285,941	21.7%
Service Occupations	216,121	16.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	12,637	1.0%
All others	360,729	27.3%

White Collar		56.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	196,282	14.9%
Manufacturing	175,413	13.3%
Retail trade	172,804	13.1%
Educational services	121,482	9.2%
Construction	94,175	7.1%
Accommodation and food services	87,601	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	66,542	5.0%
Other services	64,101	4.9%
Public administration	58,632	4.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	57,487	4.4%
Finance and insurance	48,138	3.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	45,257	3.4%
Wholesale trade	29,764	2.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	28,852	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	18,241	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	17,114	1.3%
Information	15,901	1.2%
Utilities	14,120	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	4,967	0.4%
Management	2,610	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	171,568	5.68%
Puerto Rican	8,465	0.28%
Cuban	2,234	0.07%
Dominican	962	0.03%

Total Central American	39,834	1.32%
Costa Rican	676	0.02%
Guatemalan	7,827	0.26%
Honduran	3,419	0.11%
Nicaraguan	839	0.03%
Panamanian	807	0.03%
Salvadoran	26,050	0.86%
Other Central American	216	0.01%

Total South American	5,355	0.18%
Argentinean	552	0.02%
Bolivian	200	0.01%
Chilean	562	0.02%
Colombian	1,250	0.04%
Ecuadorian	448	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	921	0.03%
Uruguayan	39	0.00%
Venezuelan	1,169	0.04%
Other South American	214	0.01%

Other Hispanic	14,903	0.49%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	11,746	0.39%
Chinese	5,726	0.19%
Vietnamese	5,655	0.19%
Filipino	5,610	0.19%
Laotian	5,209	0.17%
Korean	2,402	0.08%
Hmong	1,692	0.06%
Thai	1,197	0.04%
Japanese	964	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,617,018	92.2%
Spanish	159,013	5.6%
Other Asian	20,530	0.7%
Other Indo-European	10,491	0.4%
German, other Germanic	5,387	0.2%
Chinese	4,856	0.2%
Vietnamese	4,533	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	3,663	0.1%
Tagalog	3,154	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	305,393	10.1%
German	278,193	9.2%
Irish	278,093	9.2%
American	263,371	8.7%
Scottish	50,910	1.7%
European	44,629	1.5%
Italian	43,669	1.4%
French	43,561	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	29,289	1.0%
Dutch	26,539	0.9%
African	25,468	0.8%
Polish	21,637	0.7%
British	15,420	0.5%
Welsh	13,962	0.5%
Norwegian	13,582	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,920,762	96.8%
Not a citizen	97,907	3.2%

Native	2,866,888	95.0%
Foreign-born	151,781	5.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
90,293	4.4%	149,362	7.4%	693,875	34.1%	596,338	29.3%	317,437	15.6%	184,542	9.1%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	90,293	4.4%
9-12 Years	149,362	7.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	693,875	34.1%
Some College	596,338	29.3%
Bach. Degree	317,437	15.6%
Grad Degree	184,542	9.1%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,130,233	1,052,899	77,334	6.8%
1991	1,136,113	1,053,082	83,031	7.3%
1992	1,159,466	1,078,222	81,244	7.0%
1993	1,174,409	1,102,484	71,925	6.1%
1994	1,206,338	1,140,710	65,628	5.4%
1995	1,222,817	1,163,344	59,473	4.9%
1996	1,237,587	1,173,518	64,069	5.2%
1997	1,239,517	1,176,120	63,397	5.1%
1998	1,244,908	1,181,963	62,945	5.1%
1999	1,256,821	1,199,982	56,839	4.5%

2000	1,260,517	1,207,840	52,677	4.2%
2001	1,261,431	1,201,321	60,110	4.8%
2002	1,276,971	1,209,008	67,963	5.3%
2003	1,282,591	1,208,588	74,003	5.8%
2004	1,302,388	1,229,550	72,838	5.6%
2005	1,333,890	1,263,665	70,225	5.3%
2006	1,346,539	1,276,005	70,534	5.2%
2007	1,350,817	1,277,904	72,913	5.4%
2008	1,357,724	1,284,177	73,547	5.4%
2009	1,353,345	1,248,694	104,651	7.7%

2010	1,353,637	1,247,058	106,579	7.9%
2011	1,357,823	1,250,432	107,391	7.9%
2012	1,349,888	1,251,879	98,009	7.3%
2013	1,331,610	1,237,609	94,001	7.1%
2014	1,327,962	1,249,765	78,197	5.9%
2015	1,339,309	1,272,792	66,517	5.0%
2016	1,343,902	1,290,439	53,463	4.0%
2017	1,350,038	1,299,542	50,496	3.7%
2018	1,352,674	1,303,286	49,388	3.7%
2019	1,365,272	1,317,163	48,109	3.5%

2020	1,354,299	1,272,347	81,952	6.1%
2021	1,339,671	1,285,334	54,337	4.1%
2022	1,369,373	1,323,953	45,420	3.3%
2023	1,377,664	1,332,879	44,785	3.3%

Migration Data for Arkansas

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Texas	120,190
Missouri	58,050
Oklahoma	57,301
California	37,828
Tennessee	34,933
Florida	28,364
Louisiana	26,837
Illinois	21,012
Mississippi	20,215
Georgia	15,802
Colorado	14,058
Kansas	14,014
North Carolina	12,137
Arizona	10,885
Virginia	9,406

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Texas	129,874
Oklahoma	58,906
Missouri	55,807
Tennessee	37,052
Florida	32,697
California	30,783
Louisiana	24,262
Mississippi	18,740
Georgia	17,216
Illinois	16,731
Colorado	15,600
North Carolina	12,681
Kansas	12,223
Arizona	11,922
Alabama	10,406

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,371,709
Median Value	$162,400

Occupied	1,171,694	85.4%
Vacant	200,015	14.6%

Owned	775,956	66.2%
Rented	395,738	33.8%
Median Rent	$868

Single-Family Units	984,827	71.8%
Detached	960,612	70.0%
Attached	24,215	1.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	139,828	10.2%
Mobile Homes	154,880	11.3%

Counties in Arkansas

Districts in this state

Arkansas

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Arkansas

2022 Housing Data for Arkansas

2022 Income & Employment Data for Arkansas

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Arkansas

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Arkansas

Historical Labor Force Data for Arkansas

Migration Data for Arkansas

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