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People QuickFacts | Arkansas | USA
Population, 2013 estimate | 2,959,373 | 316,128,839
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 2,915,916 | 308,747,716
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 1.5% | 2.4%
Population, 2010 | 2,915,918 | 308,745,538
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.5% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.0% | 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 15.4% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.9% | 50.8%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 79.9% | 77.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 15.6% | 13.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.0% | 1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.5% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.9% | 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 6.9% | 17.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 73.7% | 62.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 83.0% | 84.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 4.4% | 12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 7.1% | 20.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 83.3% | 85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 19.8% | 28.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 242,151 | 21,853,912
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 21.3 | 25.4
Housing units, 2013 | 1,329,681 | 132,802,859
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 67.2% | 65.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.4% | 25.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $106,300 | $181,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 1,128,797 | 115,226,802
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.51 | 2.61
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $22,007 | $28,051
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $40,531 | $53,046
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 18.7% | 14.9%
Business QuickFacts | Arkansas | USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 64,815 | 7,431,808
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 978,519 | 115,938,468
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -0.2% | 2.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 192,746 | 22,735,915
Total number of firms, 2007 | 238,994 | 27,092,908
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.5% | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.1% | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.4% | 5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.3% | 8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.5% | 28.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 60,735,582 | 5,319,456,312
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 29,659,789 | 4,174,286,516
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 32,974,282 | 3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,602 | $12,990
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,559,795 | 613,795,732
Building permits, 2012 | 8,231 | 829,658
Geography QuickFacts | Arkansas | USA
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 52,035.48 | 3,531,905.43
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 56 | 87.4
FIPS Code | 5
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts