People QuickFacts Sebastian County Arkansas Population, 2012 estimate 127,304 2,949,131 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 125,744 2,915,919 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.2% 1.1% Population, 2010 125,744 2,915,918 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.1% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.1% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.3% 14.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.9% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 83.6% 80.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.7% 15.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.2% 0.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.2% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.1% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 12.6% 6.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 72.4% 74.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.3% 82.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 9.3% 4.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.8% 6.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.2% 82.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 19.0% 19.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 10,309 245,969 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.5 21.2  Housing units, 2011 55,358 1,324,369 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.3% 67.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 22.5% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $113,100 $105,100 Households, 2007-2011 48,441 1,121,386 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.54 2.51 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,175 $21,833 Median household income, 2007-2011 $40,680 $40,149 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.5% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Sebastian County Arkansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 3,516 65,158 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 64,096 965,474 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -12.1 -2.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 8,315 192,034  Total number of firms, 2007 10,763 238,994 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.5% 5.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.5% 1.1% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.4% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.2% 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 24.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 5,676,530 60,735,582 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,313,822 29,659,789 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,825,534 32,974,282 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,995 $11,602 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 207,768 3,559,795 Building permits, 2011 363 6,800     Geography QuickFacts Sebastian County Arkansas Land area in square miles, 2010 531.91 52,035.48 Persons per square mile, 2010 236.4 56.0 FIPS Code 131 05 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Fort Smith, AR-OK 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