Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report STATES AND U.S. TOTALS AREA: Arkansas GEOCODE:05 ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 2,286,435 100.0% 2,350,725 100.0% 64,290 2.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 2,026,988 88.7% 2,028,764 86.3% 1,776 0.1 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 51,610 2.3% 57,683 2.5% 6,073 11.8 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 1,108,086 48.5% 1,092,527 46.5% -15,559 -1.4 -2.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 1,889,935 82.7% 1,944,393 82.7% 54,458 2.9 0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 373,025 16.3% 373,454 15.9% 429 0.1 -0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 7,232 0.3% 12,098 0.5% 4,866 67.3 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 12,757 0.6% 14,320 0.6% 1,563 12.3 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 16,976 0.7% 19,586 0.8% 2,610 15.4 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 175,211 7.7% 164,060 7.0% -11,151 -6.4 -0.7 5-17.................. 495,992 21.7% 457,208 19.4% -38,784 -7.8 -2.2 18-24.................. 278,114 12.2% 233,307 9.9% -44,807 -16.1 -2.2 25-44.................. 583,111 25.5% 689,665 29.3% 106,554 18.3 3.8 45-64.................. 441,700 19.3% 456,669 19.4% 14,969 3.4 0.1 65 AND OVER............ 312,307 13.7% 349,816 14.9% 37,509 12.0 1.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 671,203 29.4% 621,268 26.4% -49,935 -7.4 -2.9 40 AND OVER............ 877,527 38.4% 965,066 41.1% 87,540 10.0 2.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.6 33.9 3.3 10.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,862 $21,147 285 1.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,007 $25,395 388 1.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,589 $10,520 931 9.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 423,552 19.0% 437,089 19.1% 13,537 3.2 0.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 816,706 100.0% 891,665 100.0% 74,959 9.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 628,006 76.9% 656,465 73.6% 28,459 4.5 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 316,055 38.7% 358,259 40.2% 42,204 13.4 1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 533,208 65.3% 538,347 60.4% 5,139 1.0 -4.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 262,067 32.1% 243,917 27.4% -18,150 -6.9 -4.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 76,638 9.4% 95,435 10.7% 18,797 24.5 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 46,279 5.7% 55,835 6.3% 9,556 20.6 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 173,453 21.2% 212,166 23.8% 38,713 22.3 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.2 -6.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 1,337,118 100.0% 1,496,150 100.0% 159,032 11.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 443,429 33.2% 489,570 32.7% 46,141 10.4 -0.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 144,677 10.8% 199,304 13.3% 54,627 37.8 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 940,880 100.0% 1,066,368 100.0% 125,488 13.3 FEMALE................ 399,533 42.5% 492,577 46.2% 93,044 23.3 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 875,733 93.1% 994,289 93.2% 118,556 13.5 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 157,504 16.7% 202,981 19.0% 45,477 28.9 2.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 107,431 11.4% 128,868 12.1% 21,437 20.0 0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 889,193 100.0% 1,000,667 100.0% 111,474 12.5 OCCUPIED.............. 816,065 91.8% 891,179 89.1% 75,114 9.2 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 575,469 70.5% 620,077 69.6% 44,608 7.8 -0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,563 $54,697 -2,866 -5.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 240,596 29.5% 271,102 30.4% 30,506 12.7 0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $293 $328 35 11.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 700,727 78.8% 727,262 72.7% 26,535 3.8 -6.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 73,898 8.3% 129,849 13.0% 55,951 75.7 4.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.1 1971.0 8.9 0.5 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis