Area Lots

Arkansas

Ranked #48 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $80,056,000,000.00


Arkansas Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 2,810,872 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 5.1% 6.4%
Population, 2000 2,673,400 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 6.9% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 24.6% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 13.9% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 51.0% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 81.1% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 15.7% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.8% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 1.0% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.3% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 5.0% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 76.4% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 53.3% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.8% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 5.0% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 75.3% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.7% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 576,471 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.9 25.5
Housing units, 2006 1,273,615 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 69.4% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 13.9% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $72,800 $119,600
Households, 2000 1,042,696 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.49 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $35,295 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,904 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 15.6% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts Arkansas USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 66,0391 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 1,017,4241 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 2.7%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 186,786 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 209,010 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 4.3% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 1.1% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.0% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.0% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.0% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 23.7% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 46,721,413 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 34,470,795 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 25,611,630 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,459 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,766,905 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 13,885 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 19,488,8221 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Arkansas USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 52,068.17 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 51.3 79.6
FIPS Code 05