El Dorado, Arkansas Demographics

El Dorado is 8th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Race - Black or African American

El Dorado is 11th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Income below poverty line

El Dorado is 14th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Residents 65 or older

El Dorado is 16th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Female residents

El Dorado is 18th in Arkansas out of 60 other cities in Retail sales

El Dorado is 19th in Arkansas out of 58 other cities in Retail sales per capita

El Dorado is 20th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	El Dorado	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	18,491	24th	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	16.3	30th	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,160.9	20th	56	87.4

Age Demographics
	El Dorado	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	7.7%	24th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	30th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.7%	14th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	El Dorado	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.3%	49th	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.5%	27th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	El Dorado	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	45.1%	54th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	49.9%	8th	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	53rd	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	35th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	49th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	50th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	30th	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	43.7%	52nd	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	El Dorado	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	53.0%	16th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.0%	30th	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	El Dorado	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	8,969	23rd	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.9%	40th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	7,923	23rd	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	54.9%	42nd	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$70,000	52nd	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.3	50th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	El Dorado	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$20,435	32nd	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$28,904	54th	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	30.1%	11th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	El Dorado	Rank	Arkansas	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,762	25th	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$422,602	18th	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,455	19th	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$36,518	21st	$3,559,795	$613,795,732