2022 population: 1,468,511 ( 22,214 from 2010 , 5,725 from 2020)
Land area: 25463.8 square miles
Population density: 57.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,026,665	69.91%	3.2%
Black:	293,980	20.02%	7.4%
Indian:	7,469	0.51%	14.2%
Asian:	20,714	1.41%	39.6%
2+ races:	29,892	2.04%	39.0%
Hispanic:	89,791	6.11%	33.4%

Total non-White:	441,846	30.09%	14.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	37,368	12.8
Deaths:	44,406	15.2
Net Migration:	10,915	3.7
Net Immigration:	1,574	0.5

Change in White population:	-34,475	-2.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	56,689	3.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,446,297
1,061,140	73.37%
273,810	18.93%
6,541	0.45%
14,834	1.03%
21,507	1.49%
67,317	4.65%
385,157	26.63%

2000
1,340,527
1,031,840	76.97%
249,597	18.62%
5,788	0.43%
8,863	0.66%
14,068	1.05%
29,662	2.21%
308,687	23.03%

1990
1,201,334
966,161	80.42%
215,915	17.97%
4,862	0.40%
5,020	0.42%
n/a
9,376	0.78%
235,173	19.58%

1980
1,166,725
940,491	80.61%
209,052	17.92%
4,576	0.39%
3,387	0.29%
n/a
8,942	0.77%
226,234	19.39%

1970
972,026
777,090	79.95%
188,271	19.37%
677	0.07%
742	0.08%
n/a
4,711	0.48%
194,936	20.05%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
174,697	13.0
130,128	9.7
32,273	2.4
11,878	0.9

29,300	2.2
76,470	5.7

Number	Rate
1990's
177,961	14.8
132,530	11.0
44,728	3.7
5,419	0.5

65,679	5.5
73,514	6.1

Number	Rate
1980's
179,902	15.4
117,389	10.1
-20,430	-1.8
n/a

25,670	2.2
8,939	0.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
110,592	11.4
n/a

163,401	16.8
31,298	3.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.5
327,056	22.3%
1,141,455	77.7%
260,961	17.8%

577,571
2.45

369,958	64.1%
267,822	72.4%
41,259	11.2%
207,613	35.9%

2010
Number	Percent
37.9
342,185	23.7%
1,104,112	76.3%
209,298	14.5%

575,110
2.44

386,042	67.1%
280,273	72.6%
44,811	11.6%
189,068	32.9%

2000
Number	Percent
36.5
334,641	25.0%
1,005,886	75.0%
185,934	13.9%

526,327
2.47

368,984	70.1%
287,081	77.8%
38,396	10.4%
157,343	29.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.8
313,278	26.1%
888,056	73.9%
171,931	14.3%

455,459
2.56

332,377	73.0%
271,927	81.8%
28,749	8.6%
123,082	27.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.9
339,451	29.1%
827,274	70.9%
151,797	13.0%

417,322
2.72

318,274	76.3%
268,577	84.4%
24,595	7.7%
99,048	23.7%

2022 Housing Data for Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	36,439	6.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	30,134	5.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	29,198	5.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	30,419	5.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	31,191	5.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	27,912	4.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	26,377	4.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	25,381	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	25,903	4.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	43,969	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	56,063	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	72,162	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	49,301	8.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	29,810	5.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	33,716	5.8%
$200,000 or more	29,596	5.1%

Median Household Income	56,227
Per Capita Income	32,119

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	38,610	6.7%
Public Assistance	12,477	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	69,288	12.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	558,508	64.8%
Unemployed	31,262	3.6%
In Armed Forces	4,513	0.5%

Total Labor Force	594,283	68.9%
Not in Labor Force	267,668	31.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	224,072	188,494	54.3%
Non-Profit	17,399	33,390	34.3%
Self-Employed	39,083	23,067	62.9%

Local Government	15,845	23,661	40.1%
State Government	19,603	32,485	37.6%
Federal Government	9,104	7,896	53.6%

Total Private + Self	263,155	211,561	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	61,951	97,432	38.9%
Total	325,106	308,993	51.3%

Pct. Govt.	17.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	88,187	13.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	132,763	20.9%
Professional, Technical	145,827	22.9%
Service Occupations	107,815	17.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,861	0.8%
All others	160,969	25.3%

White Collar		57.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	103,220	1155.9%
Retail trade	76,753	859.5%
Manufacturing	70,651	791.2%
Educational services	59,033	661.1%
Construction	43,587	488.1%
Accommodation and food services	43,402	486.0%
Public administration	35,519	397.7%
Other services	31,762	355.7%
Transportation and warehousing	30,669	343.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	28,547	319.7%
Finance and insurance	27,364	306.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	22,680	254.0%
Wholesale trade	13,939	156.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,640	130.3%
Information	9,130	102.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,678	97.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	8,168	91.5%
Utilities	7,789	87.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,349	26.3%
Management	681	7.6%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	59,053	4.03%
Puerto Rican	3,436	0.23%
Cuban	885	0.06%
Dominican	85	0.01%

Total Central American	11,662	0.80%
Costa Rican	197	0.01%
Guatemalan	3,087	0.21%
Honduran	1,356	0.09%
Nicaraguan	529	0.04%
Panamanian	298	0.02%
Salvadoran	5,979	0.41%
Other Central American	216	0.01%

Total South American	2,685	0.18%
Argentinean	199	0.01%
Bolivian	59	0.00%
Chilean	419	0.03%
Colombian	462	0.03%
Ecuadorian	143	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	399	0.03%
Uruguayan	12	0.00%
Venezuelan	778	0.05%
Other South American	214	0.01%

Other Hispanic	6,056	0.41%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,622	0.25%
Filipino	2,711	0.19%
Chinese	2,593	0.18%
Vietnamese	1,611	0.11%
Korean	1,275	0.09%
Thai	579	0.04%
Japanese	502	0.03%
Laotian	448	0.03%
Burmese	364	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,297,420	94.1%
Spanish	57,990	4.2%
Other Indo-European	5,455	0.4%
Other Asian	3,213	0.2%
German, other Germanic	2,807	0.2%
Chinese	2,533	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,830	0.1%
Other	1,770	0.1%
Tagalog	1,674	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	152,289	10.4%
Irish	131,606	9.0%
American	126,240	8.6%
German	124,225	8.5%
Scottish	23,597	1.6%
European	22,414	1.5%
African	21,794	1.5%
French	20,552	1.4%
Italian	19,523	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	14,510	1.0%
Dutch	11,840	0.8%
Polish	9,082	0.6%
British	7,208	0.5%
Welsh	6,493	0.4%
Norwegian	5,831	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,432,830	97.9%
Not a citizen	31,371	2.1%

Native	1,411,522	96.4%
Foreign-born	52,679	3.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
35,383	3.5%	69,731	7.0%	335,777	33.7%	299,771	30.0%	161,692	16.2%	95,265	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	35,383	3.5%
9-12 Years	69,731	7.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	335,777	33.7%
Some College	299,771	30.0%
Bach. Degree	161,692	16.2%
Grad Degree	95,265	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	586,068	545,300	40,768	7.0%
1991	587,829	543,965	43,864	7.5%
1992	600,283	556,463	43,820	7.3%
1993	604,400	567,162	37,238	6.2%
1994	618,637	584,720	33,917	5.5%
1995	626,612	596,570	30,042	4.8%
1996	634,548	603,238	31,310	4.9%
1997	636,528	604,694	31,834	5.0%
1998	639,858	608,466	31,392	4.9%
1999	644,307	615,771	28,536	4.4%

2000	637,910	610,668	27,242	4.3%
2001	637,074	606,589	30,485	4.8%
2002	640,526	605,394	35,132	5.5%
2003	644,743	606,887	37,856	5.9%
2004	655,935	618,606	37,329	5.7%
2005	669,258	632,847	36,411	5.4%
2006	672,290	635,982	36,308	5.4%
2007	673,749	636,979	36,770	5.5%
2008	678,654	641,518	37,136	5.5%
2009	679,357	627,590	51,767	7.6%

2010	679,404	625,705	53,699	7.9%
2011	679,073	625,157	53,916	7.9%
2012	673,665	624,485	49,180	7.3%
2013	663,757	616,242	47,515	7.2%
2014	656,263	616,506	39,757	6.1%
2015	656,650	623,086	33,564	5.1%
2016	654,821	627,529	27,292	4.2%
2017	655,862	630,426	25,436	3.9%
2018	656,710	631,921	24,789	3.8%
2019	660,880	636,286	24,594	3.7%

2020	653,481	611,103	42,378	6.5%
2021	643,467	615,251	28,216	4.4%
2022	654,218	630,966	23,252	3.6%
2023	659,020	636,686	22,334	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	682,299
Median Value	$157,898

Occupied	577,571	84.7%
Vacant	104,728	15.3%

Owned	386,751	67.0%
Rented	190,820	33.0%
Median Rent	$859

Single-Family Units	476,800	69.9%
Detached	468,597	68.7%
Attached	8,203	1.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	75,165	11.0%
Mobile Homes	89,597	13.1%

Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Market Area