People QuickFacts	Blytheville	Arkansas
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	15,447	2,938,582
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,620	2,915,919
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	-1.1%	0.8%
 	Population, 2010    	15,620	2,915,918
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.2%	6.8%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	28.7%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	12.8%	14.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.0%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	39.8%	77.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	56.2%	15.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.8%	1.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.0%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.5%	2.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	3.0%	6.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	38.8%	74.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.5%	82.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.9%	4.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.3%	6.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.6%	82.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	18.3%	19.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,298	245,969
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	14.3	21.2 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	7,545	1,316,299
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	52.2%	67.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	25.7%	15.2%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$72,800	$105,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,245	1,121,386
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.48	2.51
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,521	$21,833
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$30,700	$40,149
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	31.1%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Blytheville	Arkansas
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	875	238,994
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	17.1%	5.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.1%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.7%	24.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	737,437	60,735,582
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	174,271	29,659,789
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	204,132	32,974,282
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,750	$11,602
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	32,493	3,559,795

   	Geography QuickFacts	Blytheville	Arkansas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	20.79	52,035.48
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	751.4	56.0
 	FIPS Code    	07330	05
 	Counties    	Mississippi County
 	

(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