Arkansas Population
Arkansas (U.S. state abbreviation is 'AR') is the southern state of United States, bordered by Louisiana to the south, Oklahoma and Texas to the west, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Missouri to the north. The name Arkansas came from the Quapaw Indians also called the 'Arkansaw' or 'Ugakhpah', which means 'people who live downstream'. Arkansas population in 2021 is estimated to be 3 million, ranks 33rd populous state in US. Its area is 53,180 sq miles (137,733 sq km), ranks 29th largest in the United States. Arkansas state contains over 600,000 acres of lakes and 9,700 miles of streams and rivers, Arkansas is the longest stream to flow into Mississippi and Missouri river.. Little Rock is the state capital of Arkansas, other top cities include Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale and Jonesboro.
Image Source: People gathering at gathering Pride Parade Festival, Northwest Arkansas, June 2019
Year | Population | % Change |
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2010 | 2,921,978 | |
2011 | 2,940,407 | 0.63 |
2012 | 2,952,109 | 0.40 |
2013 | 2,959,549 | 0.25 |
2014 | 2,967,726 | 0.28 |
2015 | 2,978,407 | 0.36 |
2016 | 2,990,410 | 0.40 |
2017 | 3,002,997 | 0.42 |
2018 | 3,013,825 | 0.36 |
2019* | 3,023,771 | 0.33 |
2020* | 3,032,812 | 0.30 |
2021* | 3,042,155 | 0.31 |
Arkansas Population by Race & Groups
Arkansas state classification of race, 75.6% are White Americans, 15.1% are Black or African Americans, 7% are Hispanic/Latino, 1.4% are Asians, 0.6% AIAN.
Arkansas state Hispanic/Latino population is 213,246, out of these 158,362 are Mexicans, 6,235 are Puerto Ricans and 2,074 are Cubans.
Total NHPI are 7,062, out of these 405 are Native Hawaiians, 114 are Guamanian/Chamorro's and 448 are Samoan.
Total Asian Population is 42,368 in AR state, out of 10,143 are Asian Indian, 464 Bangladeshi, 231 Burmese, 6,991 Chinese, except Taiwanese, 213 are Taiwanese, 61 Mongolian, 134 Nepalese, 1,671 Pakistani, 77 Sri Lankan, 413 Cambodian, 4,626 Laotian, 5,826 Vietnamese, 1,059 Thai, 4,211 Filipino, 1,223 Hmong, 136 Indonesian, 1,134 Japanese, 2,471 Korean and 96 Malaysian.
Whites are 2.3 millions in Arkansas, American Indian and Alaska Native are 19,476 people, 8,000 are Cherokee tribals, 352 are Sioux, 124 are Navajo and 200 are Chippewa tribal groups.
Total Population | 2,977,944 | Percent |
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White | 2,302,141 | 77.31% |
Black or African American | 459,969 | 15.45% |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 19,476 | 0.654% |
Cherokee tribal grouping | 8,000 | 0.269% |
Chippewa tribal grouping | 200 | 0.007% |
Navajo tribal grouping | 124 | 0.004% |
Sioux tribal grouping | 352 | 0.012% |
Asian Population | 42,368 | 1.42% |
Asian Indian | 10,143 | 0.34% |
Chinese | 7,204 | 0.24% |
Filipino | 4,211 | 0.14% |
Japanese | 1,134 | 0.04% |
Korean | 2,471 | 0.08% |
Vietnamese | 5,826 | 0.20% |
Other Asian Population | 11,379 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 7,062 | 0.24% |
Native Hawaiian | 405 | 0.014% |
Guamanian or Chamorro | 114 | 0.004% |
Samoan | 448 | 0.015% |
Other Pacific Islander | 6,095 | |
Some other race | 75,106 | |
Hispanic or Latino | 213,246 | 7.16% |
Mexican | 158,362 | 5.32% |
Puerto Rican | 6,235 | 0.21% |
Cuban | 2,074 | 0.07% |
Other Hispanic or Latino | 46,575 |
Top Cities of Arkansas
Rank | Cities | Population(2018) |
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1 | Little Rock | 197,881 |
2 | Fort Smith | 87,845 |
3 | Fayetteville | 86,751 |
4 | Springdale | 81,029 |
5 | Jonesboro | 76,990 |
6 | Rogers | 67,600 |
7 | Conway | 66,426 |
8 | North Little Rock | 66,127 |
9 | Bentonville | 51,111 |
Population Pyramid
Languages spoken in AR
European language speakers are 19,720, out of these 878 speak Russian, 509 Polish, 2,890 French (including Cajun), 683 Italian, 678 Portuguese, 4,757 German, 202 Greek, 274 Serbo-Croatian, 451 Ukrainian or other Slavic languages, 86 Armenian, 908 speak Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages.
Asian Languages speakers are 29,992, out of these Asian Indian language speakers are, 1,383 speak Telugu, 949 Tamil, 573 Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages, 228 Punjabi, 562 Bengali, 790 Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages, 1,006 Gujarati, 1,892 Hindi and 1,038 Urdu.
Mid and East Asian languages include 5,538 speak Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), 1,263 Hmong, 1,021 Japanese, 1,654 Korean, 4,536 Vietnamese, 271 Khmer, 3,828 Thai, Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages, 646 Other languages of Asia and 2,578 Tagalog.
5,752 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages, 2,942 Arabic, 77 Hebrew, 585 Persian (including Farsi, Dari). 166 Haitian and 515 are other Native languages of North America.
African language speakers include 569 speak Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa, 409 speak Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 525 Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa.
Languages | Population | Percentage |
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Speak only English | 2,585,911 | 92.76 |
Spanish Language | 146,666 | 5.26 |
European Language | 19,720 | 0.71 |
Asian Languages | 29,992 | 1.08 |
Other Languages | 5,511 | 0.20 |
Education
Arkansas education level stats from High school, College and Bachelor degree as per table below.
Total | Male | Female | ||
Population 18 to 24 years | 286,456 | 146,201 | 140,255 | |
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Less than high school graduate | 38,318 | 21,678 | 16,640 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 93,821 | 53,057 | 40,764 | |
Some college or associates degree | 132,402 | 62,768 | 69,634 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 21,915 | 8,698 | 13,217 | |
Population 25 years and over | 1,985,770 | 954,230 | 1,031,540 | |
Less than 9th grade | 103,458 | 53,916 | 49,542 | |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 182,659 | 93,016 | 89,643 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 681,486 | 345,398 | 336,088 | |
Some college, no degree | 448,518 | 207,570 | 240,948 | |
Associates degree | 132,221 | 51,495 | 80,726 | |
Bachelors degree | 280,677 | 131,308 | 149,369 | |
Graduate or professional degree | 156,751 | 71,527 | 85,224 |
White | 1,533,104 | 739,298 | 793,806 | |
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High school graduate or higher | 1,354,397 | 647,256 | 707,141 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 364,441 | 172,608 | 191,833 | |
Black or African | 277,145 | 126,567 | 150,578 | |
High school graduate or higher | 227,532 | 102,687 | 124,845 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 40,910 | 14,874 | 26,036 | |
American Indian or Alaska Native alone | 12,935 | 6,148 | 6,787 | |
High school graduate or higher | 10,396 | 4,777 | 5,619 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 1,903 | 895 | 1,008 | |
Asian | 27,307 | 12,261 | 15,046 | |
High school graduate or higher | 23,430 | 10,862 | 12,568 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 13,529 | 6,662 | 6,867 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 3,702 | 2,048 | 1,654 | |
High school graduate or higher | 2,338 | 1,412 | 926 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 194 | 143 | 51 | |
Hispanic or Latino Origin | 104,305 | 54,966 | 49,339 | |
High school graduate or higher | 57,323 | 28,879 | 28,444 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 9,525 | 4,327 | 5,198 |
Disability
As on 2017, The Stastistics below shows the disadvantage people in Arkansas state.
Total civilian non-institutionalized population | 501,757 |
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Male | 244,685 |
Female | 257,072 |
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White | 395,542 |
Black or African American | 81,453 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone | 4,633 |
Asian | 2,449 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 489 |
Some other race | 4,880 |
DISABILITY TYPE | |
With a hearing difficulty | 143,002 |
With a vision difficulty | 99,090 |
With a cognitive difficulty | 187,286 |
With an ambulatory difficulty | 278,822 |
With a self-care difficulty | 97,135 |
With an independent living difficulty | 170,536 |
Counties of Arkansas
Arkansas state is divided into 75 counties, Pulaski is the populous County with 392,680 inhabitants, followed by Benton County with 272,608, Washington County with 236,961, Sebastian County with 127,753 and Faulkner County with 124,806.
County | Population 2017 | Population 2018 | % Change | Rank 2017 | Rank 2018 |
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Arkansas County | 17,904 | 17,769 | -0.8 | 40 | 42 |
Ashley County | 20,319 | 20,046 | -1.3 | 35 | 36 |
Baxter County | 41,316 | 41,619 | 0.7 | 18 | 17 |
Benton County | 266,504 | 272,608 | 2.3 | 2 | 2 |
Boone County | 37,486 | 37,480 | 0 | 20 | 21 |
Bradley County | 10,853 | 10,897 | 0.4 | 59 | 59 |
Calhoun County | 5,224 | 5,277 | 1 | 75 | 75 |
Carroll County | 27,947 | 28,223 | 1 | 23 | 23 |
Chicot County | 10,639 | 10,438 | -1.9 | 61 | 61 |
Clark County | 22,180 | 22,061 | -0.5 | 30 | 30 |
Clay County | 14,910 | 14,847 | -0.4 | 51 | 51 |
Cleburne County | 25,046 | 24,965 | -0.3 | 26 | 26 |
Cleveland County | 8,181 | 8,018 | -2 | 68 | 68 |
Columbia County | 23,700 | 23,537 | -0.7 | 29 | 29 |
Conway County | 20,848 | 20,891 | 0.2 | 34 | 34 |
Craighead County | 107,037 | 108,558 | 1.4 | 7 | 7 |
Crawford County | 62,917 | 63,406 | 0.8 | 13 | 13 |
Crittenden County | 48,730 | 48,342 | -0.8 | 14 | 14 |
Cross County | 16,852 | 16,676 | -1 | 46 | 47 |
Dallas County | 7,354 | 7,182 | -2.3 | 71 | 71 |
Desha County | 11,732 | 11,512 | -1.9 | 58 | 58 |
Drew County | 18,373 | 18,328 | -0.2 | 38 | 37 |
Faulkner County | 123,397 | 124,806 | 1.1 | 5 | 5 |
Franklin County | 17,844 | 17,810 | -0.2 | 41 | 41 |
Fulton County | 12,112 | 12,269 | 1.3 | 57 | 57 |
Garland County | 98,444 | 99,154 | 0.7 | 8 | 8 |
Grant County | 18,096 | 18,188 | 0.5 | 39 | 38 |
Greene County | 44,977 | 45,325 | 0.8 | 15 | 15 |
Hempstead County | 21,881 | 21,741 | -0.6 | 31 | 31 |
Hot Spring County | 33,600 | 33,701 | 0.3 | 22 | 22 |
Howard County | 13,377 | 13,341 | -0.3 | 54 | 54 |
Independence County | 37,409 | 37,678 | 0.7 | 21 | 20 |
Izard County | 13,680 | 13,593 | -0.6 | 52 | 52 |
Jackson County | 17,057 | 16,811 | -1.4 | 45 | 45 |
Jefferson County | 69,269 | 68,114 | -1.7 | 11 | 11 |
Johnson County | 26,489 | 26,742 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
Lafayette County | 6,822 | 6,682 | -2.1 | 73 | 73 |
Lawrence County | 16,590 | 16,434 | -0.9 | 47 | 50 |
Lee County | 9,147 | 8,985 | -1.8 | 64 | 64 |
Lincoln County | 13,473 | 13,383 | -0.7 | 53 | 53 |
Little River County | 12,393 | 12,326 | -0.5 | 56 | 56 |
Logan County | 21,753 | 21,737 | -0.1 | 32 | 32 |
Lonoke County | 72,878 | 73,657 | 1.1 | 10 | 10 |
Madison County | 16,349 | 16,481 | 0.8 | 50 | 49 |
Marion County | 16,460 | 16,722 | 1.6 | 49 | 46 |
Miller County | 43,884 | 43,592 | -0.7 | 16 | 16 |
Mississippi County | 42,073 | 41,239 | -2 | 17 | 18 |
Monroe County | 7,052 | 6,900 | -2.2 | 72 | 72 |
Montgomery County | 8,907 | 8,924 | 0.2 | 65 | 65 |
Nevada County | 8,328 | 8,326 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
Newton County | 7,837 | 7,805 | -0.4 | 70 | 70 |
Ouachita County | 23,824 | 23,606 | -0.9 | 28 | 28 |
Perry County | 10,335 | 10,352 | 0.2 | 63 | 62 |
Phillips County | 18,564 | 18,029 | -2.9 | 37 | 39 |
Pike County | 10,721 | 10,673 | -0.4 | 60 | 60 |
Poinsett County | 24,121 | 23,974 | -0.6 | 27 | 27 |
Polk County | 20,162 | 20,049 | -0.6 | 36 | 35 |
Pope County | 63,655 | 64,000 | 0.5 | 12 | 12 |
Prairie County | 8,250 | 8,074 | -2.1 | 67 | 67 |
Pulaski County | 393,616 | 392,680 | -0.2 | 1 | 1 |
Randolph County | 17,645 | 17,948 | 1.7 | 42 | 40 |
St. Francis County | 25,938 | 25,439 | -1.9 | 25 | 25 |
Saline County | 119,669 | 121,421 | 1.5 | 6 | 6 |
Scott County | 10,374 | 10,319 | -0.5 | 62 | 63 |
Searcy County | 7,947 | 7,958 | 0.1 | 69 | 69 |
Sebastian County | 127,865 | 127,753 | -0.1 | 4 | 4 |
Sevier County | 17,146 | 17,139 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
Sharp County | 17,200 | 17,366 | 1 | 43 | 43 |
Stone County | 12,517 | 12,457 | -0.5 | 55 | 55 |
Union County | 39,420 | 39,126 | -0.7 | 19 | 19 |
Van Buren County | 16,533 | 16,603 | 0.4 | 48 | 48 |
Washington County | 232,780 | 236,961 | 1.8 | 3 | 3 |
White County | 78,941 | 78,727 | -0.3 | 9 | 9 |
Woodruff County | 6,600 | 6,490 | -1.7 | 74 | 74 |
Yell County | 21,544 | 21,535 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
References
1. Census Fact finder
2. Historical Population of States from 1790 to 1990
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