People QuickFacts	Arkansas	USA
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	2,937,979	311,591,917
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	2,915,921	308,745,538
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.8%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	2,915,918	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.7%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.2%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.6%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.9%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	80.1%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	15.6%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.9%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.3%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.8%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.6%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	74.2%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	81.8%	84.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	4.3%	12.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	6.7%	20.1%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	81.9%	85.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	19.1%	27.9%
 	Veterans, 2006-2010    	249,621	22,652,496
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	21.1	25.2 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	1,324,369	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	67.7%	66.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	15.2%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$102,300	$188,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	1,117,154	114,235,996
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.50	2.59
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$21,274	$27,334
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$39,267	$51,914
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	18.0%	13.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Arkansas	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	65,158	7,396,628
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	965,474	111,970,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-2.6	-1.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	192,034	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	238,994	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.5%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.1%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.4%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.3%	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	24.5%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	60,735,582	5,338,306,501
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	29,659,789	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	32,974,282	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,602	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,559,795	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2011     	6,800	624,061

   	Geography QuickFacts	Arkansas	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	52,035.48	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	56.0	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	05	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts