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People QuickFacts | Arkansas | USA
Population, 2012 estimate | 2,949,131 | 313,914,040
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 2,915,919 | 308,747,508
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.1% | 1.7%
Population, 2010 | 2,915,918 | 308,745,538
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.7% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.2% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.6% | 13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.9% | 50.8%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 80.1% | 78.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 15.6% | 13.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.3% | 5.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.8% | 2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 6.6% | 16.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 74.2% | 63.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.4% | 84.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.4% | 12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.9% | 20.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.7% | 85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.6% | 28.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 245,969 | 22,215,303
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.2 | 25.4
Housing units, 2011 | 1,324,369 | 132,312,404
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 67.5% | 66.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.2% | 25.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $105,100 | $186,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 1,121,386 | 114,761,359
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.51 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,833 | $27,915
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $40,149 | $52,762
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.4% | 14.3%
Business QuickFacts | Arkansas | USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 65,158 | 7,396,628
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 965,474 | 111,970,095
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -2.6 | -1.8
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 192,034 | 22,110,628
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, 2011 | 6,800 | 624,061
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