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Language Spoken At Home in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 2,719,637 | 100% |
English only | 2,527,232 | 92.9% |
Language other than English | 192,405 | 7.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 88,468 | 3.3% |
Spanish | 141,370 | 5.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 69,779 | 2.6% |
Other Indo-European languages | 21,383 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,754 | 0.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 25,163 | 0.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 12,769 | 0.5% |
Other languages | 4,489 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,166 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 2,916,372 | 100% |
American | 321,053 | 11.0% |
Arab | 5,535 | 0.2% |
Czech | 7,315 | 0.3% |
Danish | 5,376 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 48,402 | 1.7% |
English | 293,634 | 10.1% |
French (except Basque) | 61,149 | 2.1% |
French Canadian | 5,826 | 0.2% |
German | 336,126 | 11.5% |
Greek | 3,466 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 3,591 | 0.1% |
Irish | 358,795 | 12.3% |
Italian | 46,901 | 1.6% |
Lithuanian | 1,466 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 13,322 | 0.5% |
Polish | 24,767 | 0.8% |
Portuguese | 2,697 | 0.1% |
Russian | 4,707 | 0.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 40,494 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 50,875 | 1.7% |
Slovak | 986 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 8,405 | 0.3% |
Swedish | 17,651 | 0.6% |
Swiss | 6,030 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 1,543 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 12,804 | 0.4% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 4,247 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 1,128,797 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 765,068 | 67.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 323,980 | 28.7% |
Married-couple family | 563,501 | 49.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 210,690 | 18.7% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 49,436 | 4.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 23,821 | 2.1% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 152,131 | 13.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 89,469 | 7.9% |
Nonfamily households | 363,729 | 32.2% |
Householder living alone | 311,434 | 27.6% |
65 years and over | 115,953 | 10.3% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 368,666 | 32.7% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 296,466 | 26.3% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 2,836,093 | 100% |
Householder | 1,128,797 | 39.8% |
Spouse | 563,005 | 19.9% |
Child | 832,795 | 29.4% |
Other relatives | 186,873 | 6.6% |
Nonrelatives | 124,623 | 4.4% |
Unmarried partner | 50,460 | 1.8% |
Marital Status in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 1,128,872 | 100% |
Never married | 330,745 | 29.3% |
Now married, except separated | 607,327 | 53.8% |
Separated | 23,395 | 2.1% |
Widowed | 33,244 | 2.9% |
Divorced | 134,161 | 11.9% |
Females 15 years and over | 1,196,690 | 100% |
Never married | 276,122 | 23.1% |
Now married, except separated | 592,798 | 49.5% |
Separated | 33,631 | 2.8% |
Widowed | 131,026 | 10.9% |
Divorced | 163,113 | 13.6% |
Fertility in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 39,227 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 14,746 | 37.6% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 42 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 56 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 34 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 108 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 15 | 0% |
Grandparents in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 68,924 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 39,494 | 57.3% |
Less than 1 year | 8,970 | 13.0% |
1 or 2 years | 9,162 | 13.3% |
3 or 4 years | 6,138 | 8.9% |
5 or more years | 15,224 | 22.1% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 39,494 | 100% |
Who are female | 24,712 | 62.6% |
Who are married | 28,258 | 71.6% |
School Enrollment in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 745,344 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 52,262 | 7.0% |
Kindergarten | 39,557 | 5.3% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 312,973 | 42.0% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 153,653 | 20.6% |
College or graduate school | 186,899 | 25.1% |
Educational Attainment in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 1,921,039 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 121,478 | 6.3% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 199,215 | 10.4% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 674,742 | 35.1% |
Some college, no degree | 428,914 | 22.3% |
Associate's degree | 116,356 | 6.1% |
Bachelor's degree | 252,579 | 13.1% |
Graduate or professional degree | 127,755 | 6.7% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 83.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 19.8% |
Veteran Status in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 2,200,203 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 242,151 | 11.0% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 2,862,023 | 100% |
With a disability | 479,617 | 16.8% |
Under 18 years | 707,308 | 100% |
With a disability | 40,003 | 5.7% |
18 to 64 years | 1,748,461 | 100% |
With a disability | 264,107 | 15.1% |
65 years and over | 406,254 | 100% |
With a disability | 175,507 | 43.2% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 2,881,534 | 100% |
Same house | 2,392,397 | 83.0% |
Different house in the U.S. | 480,193 | 16.7% |
Same county | 296,906 | 10.3% |
Different county | 183,287 | 6.4% |
Same state | 104,575 | 3.6% |
Different state | 78,712 | 2.7% |
Abroad | 8,944 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 2,916,372 | 100% |
Native | 2,787,223 | 95.6% |
Born in United States | 2,768,804 | 94.9% |
State of residence | 1,784,576 | 61.2% |
Different state | 984,228 | 33.7% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 18,419 | 0.6% |
Foreign born | 129,149 | 4.4% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 129,149 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 37,967 | 29.4% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 91,182 | 70.6% |
Year of Entry in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 147,568 | 100% |
Native | 18,419 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 509 | 2.8% |
Entered before 2010 | 17,910 | 97.2% |
Foreign born | 129,149 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 5,089 | 3.9% |
Entered before 2010 | 124,060 | 96.1% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Arkansas
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 129,149 | 100% |
Europe | 10,591 | 8.2% |
Asia | 27,017 | 20.9% |
Africa | 1,934 | 1.5% |
Oceania | 3,484 | 2.7% |
Latin America | 83,884 | 65.0% |
Northern America | 2,239 | 1.7% |