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Arkansas state QuickFacts

	Arkansas	United States
Total population	2,673,400	281,421,906
State	Arkansas

Arkansas state Population

	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
Male	1,304,693	48.8%	49.06%
Female	1,368,707	51.2%	50.94%
Median age (years)	36.0		35.3

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	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
18 years and over	1,993,031	74.55%	74.31%
21 years and over	1,873,359	70.07%	69.97%
62 years and over	442,588	16.56%	14.66%
65 years and over	374,019	13.99%	12.43%

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	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
White	2,138,598	80.0%	75.14%
Black or African American	418,950	15.67%	12.32%
Asian	20,220	0.76%	3.64%
Some other race	59,888	2.24%	5.46%
Two or more races	35,744	1.34%	2.43%

Arkansas state Housing

	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
Total households	1,042,696		105,480,101
Family households (families)	732,261	70.23%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	310,435	29.77%	31.94%

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	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
Total housing units	1,173,043		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	130,347	11.11%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,042,696	88.89%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	723,535	61.68%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	319,161	27.21%	30.77%

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	Arkansas	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	140,655	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	230,751	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	81,850	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	31,081	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	19,075	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	7,608	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,880	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	583	0.57%
Median (dollars)	72,800	119,600

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	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	224,881	21.57%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	297,863	28.57%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	168,988	16.21%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	155,061	14.87%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	106,005	10.17%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	89,898	8.62%	9.65%

Arkansas state Education

	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	675,109		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	43,353	6.42%	6.47%
Kindergarten	37,746	5.59%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	311,515	46.14%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	154,432	22.88%	21.38%
College or graduate school	128,063	18.97%	22.81%

Arkansas state Economy

	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,072,068		217,168,077
In labor force	1,255,828	60.61%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,249,546	60.3%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,173,399	56.63%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	76,147	3.67%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.1		5.8
- Armed Forces	6,282	0.3%	0.53%
Not in labor force	816,240	39.39%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,077,083	51.98%	51.66%
In labor force	585,708	28.27%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	584,838	28.22%	29.65%
- - Employed	547,269	26.41%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	206,090	9.95%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	123,847		12,787,501

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	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,042,807		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	139,262	13.35%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	89,901	8.62%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	174,093	16.69%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	156,910	15.05%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	182,881	17.54%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	170,245	16.33%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	67,095	6.43%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	39,574	3.79%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,118	0.97%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	12,728	1.22%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,182		41,994

	Arkansas	%, Arkansas	United States
With earnings	800,789	38.65%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	42,936		56,604
With Social Security income	316,698	15.28%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,470		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	60,449	2.92%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,636		6,320
With public assistance income	30,023	1.45%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,188		3,032
With retirement income	169,540	8.18%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,469		17,376

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