Monroe County, Arkansas Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Monroe County is 5th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Female residents

Monroe County is 8th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Income below poverty line

Monroe County is 9th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Monroe County is 15th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Monroe County is 17th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Monroe County, Arkansas Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	7,828	72nd	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	607.1	53rd	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	13.4	68th	56	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	50th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	55th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.1%	17th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	71.5%	70th	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.7%	27th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	56.5%	67th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	41.1%	9th	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	37th	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	34th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	66th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	52nd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	60th	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	55.2%	66th	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	52.5%	5th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	55th	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	4,362	69th	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.1%	15th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	3,462	69th	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.9%	66th	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$58,900	65th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.4	64th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	47th	8,231	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$17,074	61st	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$28,306	70th	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.4%	8th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Non-farm private establishments	187	58th	64,471	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,621	63rd	980,644	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	832	60th	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$82,241	58th	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,599	32nd	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$8,190	53rd	$3,559,795	$613,795,732

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