People QuickFacts Jonesboro Arkansas Population, 2012 estimate 70,187 2,949,131 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 67,261 2,915,919 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.4% 1.1% Population, 2010 67,263 2,915,918 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.6% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.8% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.8% 14.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.7% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 74.7% 77.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 18.4% 15.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.8% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.5% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.0% 2.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 5.2% 6.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 72.9% 74.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 72.6% 82.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.3% 4.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.7% 6.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.6% 82.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 28.8% 19.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 4,527 245,969 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.4 21.2  Housing units, 2010 28,321 1,316,299 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 54.6% 67.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 27.5% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $130,900 $105,100 Households, 2007-2011 25,457 1,121,386 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.47 2.51 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,442 $21,833 Median household income, 2007-2011 $38,415 $40,149 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.1% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Jonesboro Arkansas Total number of firms, 2007 6,510 238,994 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.1% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.5% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.3% 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 24.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,703,739 60,735,582 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 495,502 29,659,789 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,335,563 32,974,282 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $21,225 $11,602 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 143,998 3,559,795     Geography QuickFacts Jonesboro Arkansas Land area in square miles, 2010 79.87 52,035.48 Persons per square mile, 2010 842.2 56.0 FIPS Code 35710 05 Counties Craighead 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