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Changing Landscapes: From "The ASU Story" to Modern A-State

Jonesboro Demographics

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

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%

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%

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%

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

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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