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• 1 2018-11-29T20:16:40-08:00 Jonesboro Demographics 35 plain 2018-12-10T18:33:57-08:00 Jonesboro, Arkansas has for many years been the nations of the world, for Northeast Arkansas. The cities growth and job market creates opportunities for all people from different types of backgrounds. With the size of Jonesboro in the past and the size of it now, it has created a demographic that is not found anywhere outside of Jonesboro in Northeast Arkansas . Jonesboro is made up of different people with different social class. The data below  consist of six charts, four of which show different demographics found from the 2000 and 2010 Census. The last two charts are sets of data found in 2018 by a private partnership organization dedicated to the advancement of economic prosperity in Jonesboro. All of these charts show parts of the background of Jonesboro, Arkansas.  
  
   

  POPULATION BY DECADE
  Year:	Count
  1990	46,535
  1980	31,530
  1970	27,050
  1960	21,418
  1950	16,310

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  Population by Race & Ethnicity
  	2000 Census		2010 Census
  	Count	Percentages	Count	Percentages
  Total Population:	55,553	100.00%	67,263	100.00%
  American Indian and Alaska native alone	175	0.32%	242	0.36%
  Asian alone	462	0.83%	1017	1.51%
  Black or African American	6, 259	11.27%	12,384	18.41%
  Native Hawaiian and other Pacific native alone	16	0.03%	29	0.04%
  Some other race alone	590	1.06%	1,989	2.96%
  Two or more races	626	1.13%	1,352	2.01%
  White alone	47,425	85.37%	50,251	74.71%

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  POPULATION BY GENDER
  	2000 Census		2010 Census
  	Count	Percentages	Count	Percentages
  Female	28,927	52.07%	34,722	51.70%
  Male	26,626	47.93%	32,491	48.30%

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  POPULATION BY AGE
  	2000 Census		2010 Census
  	Count	Percentages	Count	Percentages
  Persons 0 to 4 Years	3,714	6.69%	5,105	7.59%
  Persons 5 to 17 Years	9,029	16.25%	11,561	17.19%
  Persons 18 to 64 Year	36,253	65.26%	42,629	63.38%
  Persons 65 Years and over	6,557	11.80%	7,968	11.85%

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  HOUSEHOLD BY INCOME
  2018 Record (as of November)
  	Count	Percentages
  Population: 76,789
  $0 - $15,000		16.8%
  $15,000 – $24,999		12.2%
  $25,000 – $34,999		11.1%
  $35,000 – $49,999		13.6%
  $50,000 – $74,999		17.2%
  $75,000 – $99,000		9.9%
  $100,000 – $149,000		11.0%
  $150,000 – $199,000		3.7%
  $200,000 +		4.4%
  Average Household Income	$66,219
  Median Household Income	$44,822
  Per Capita Income	$26,523

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  POPULATION BY RACE & ETHNICITY
  2018 Record (as of November)
  	Percentages
  Population: 76,789
  American Indian and Alaska native alone	0.40%
  Asian alone	1.70%
  Black or African American alone	20.90%
  Native Hawaiian and other Pacific native alone	0.10%
  Some other race alone	3.30%
  Two or more races	2.30%
  White alone	71.30%

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