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Arkansas Facts

Census Statistics

	Arkansas	USA
Population, 2003 estimate	2,725,714	290,809,777
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.0%	3.3%
Population, 2000	2,673,400	281,421,906
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	13.7%	13.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.8%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.4%	25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.0%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.2%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	80.0%	75.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	15.7%	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.5%	5.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.3%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.2%	12.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	78.6%	69.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	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, 2002	1,202,028	119,302,132
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, 1999	$32,182	$41,994
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,904	$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	15.8%	12.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	62,725	7,095,302
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	995,521	115,061,184
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.5%	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	152,871	16,529,955
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	45,185,963	3,842,061,405
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	21,643,695	2,460,886,012
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,575	$9,190
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.7%	14.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.0%	26.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	12,436	1,747,678
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	18,371,896	1,901,247,889
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	52,068	3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000	51.3	79.6
FIPS Code	05

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