Blytheville, Arkansas Demographics

Blytheville is 5th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Blytheville is 9th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Income below poverty line

Blytheville is 15th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Female residents

Blytheville is 15th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Blytheville is 17th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Blytheville is 18th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Blytheville	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	15,308	27th	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	20.8	21st	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	751.4	52nd	56	87.4

Age Demographics
	Blytheville	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	8.2%	15th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.7%	17th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.8%	30th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Blytheville	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.6%	43rd	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.3%	34th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Blytheville	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	39.8%	57th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	56.2%	5th	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	50th	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	34th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	42nd	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	44th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	39th	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	38.8%	56th	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Blytheville	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	53.0%	15th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	46th	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Blytheville	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	7,545	25th	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.7%	18th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	6,245	27th	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	52.2%	51st	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$72,800	50th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	32nd	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Blytheville	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$19,521	35th	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$30,700	47th	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	31.1%	9th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Blytheville	Rank	Arkansas	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	875	41st	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$204,132	33rd	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,750	47th	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$32,493	25th	$3,559,795	$613,795,732