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People QuickFacts | Forrest City | Arkansas
Population, 2012 estimate | 15,220 | 2,949,131
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 15,371 | 2,915,919
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.0% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 15,371 | 2,915,918
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.0% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 23.5% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 8.8% | 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 40.9% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 27.6% | 77.0%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 67.3% | 15.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 0.8%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.6% | 2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 5.9% | 6.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 24.9% | 74.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.0% | 82.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.8% | 6.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 75.8% | 82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 10.4% | 19.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 899 | 245,969
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.9 | 21.2
Housing units, 2010 | 4,970 | 1,316,299
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 40.4% | 67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 28.2% | 15.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $78,300 | $105,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 4,105 | 1,121,386
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.72 | 2.51
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $12,272 | $21,833
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $25,373 | $40,149
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 33.9% | 18.4%
Business QuickFacts | Forrest City | Arkansas
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,227 | 238,994
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 40.5% | 5.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.1%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.3% | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 43.3% | 24.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 60,735,582
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 29,659,789
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 223,664 | 32,974,282
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,632 | $11,602
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 25,082 | 3,559,795
Geography QuickFacts | Forrest City | Arkansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 16.29 | 52,035.48
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 943.5 | 56
FIPS Code | 24430 | 5
Counties | St. Francis County
(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