People QuickFacts Faulkner County Arkansas Population, 2012 estimate 118,704 2,949,131 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 113,237 2,915,919 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.8% 1.1% Population, 2010 113,237 2,915,918 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.9% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.1% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.2% 14.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.1% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 85.5% 80.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 10.6% 15.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 0.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.0% 6.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 82.0% 74.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 78.3% 82.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.6% 4.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.9% 6.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.6% 82.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.9% 19.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,946 245,969 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.5 21.2  Housing units, 2011 48,325 1,324,369 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 65.9% 67.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 17.1% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $130,900 $105,100 Households, 2007-2011 41,540 1,121,386 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.55 2.51 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,344 $21,833 Median household income, 2007-2011 $47,649 $40,149 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.4% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Faulkner County Arkansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,327 65,158 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 34,054 965,474 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 16.4 -2.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 7,590 192,034  Total number of firms, 2007 9,464 238,994 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.5% 5.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.1% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.6% 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.4% 24.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,587,628 60,735,582 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 266,098 29,659,789 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,227,650 32,974,282 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,730 $11,602 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 137,881 3,559,795 Building permits, 2011 245 6,800     Geography QuickFacts Faulkner County Arkansas Land area in square miles, 2010 647.88 52,035.48 Persons per square mile, 2010 174.8 56.0 FIPS Code 045 05 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area   (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