Little Rock, AR (Arkansas) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 187,452 (Urban population: 182,383, Rural population: 5,069 (all nonfarm))

Little Rock, Arkansas Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 84,888 (77,427 occupied: 44,511 owner occupied, 32,916 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	43%
State:	31%

Housing density: 731 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $57,254.

Median contract rent in 2007: $557 (lower quartile is $438, upper quartile is $676)

Median contract rent in 2005: $535 (lower quartile is $419, upper quartile is $624)

Housing units in Little Rock with a mortgage: 29,004 (2,211 second mortgage, 1,969 home equity loan, 77 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,433

Little Rock,AR index of house prices

Median year house/condo built: 1971

Median year apartment built: 1976

Household type by relationship

Households: 178,637

In family households: 143,196 (31,843 male householders, 15,312 female householders)
32,973 spouses, 50,056 children (45,835 natural, 1,190 adopted, 3,031 stepchildren), 4,079 grandchildren, 2,073 brothers or sisters, 1,166 parents, 2,696 other relatives, 2,998 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 35,441 (13,281 male householders (10,796 living alone)), 17,085 female householders (15,261 living alone)), 5,075 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,921 (2,868 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 21,037 2-persons, 11,487 3-persons, 8,707 4-persons, 3,780 5-persons, 1,466 6-persons, 678 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 26,057 1-person, 3,851 2-persons, 339 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 27 6-persons.

23,943 married couples with children.
15,496 single-parent households (2,045 men, 13,451 women).

93.8% of residents of Little Rock speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 6,945 (3.8%)
(35.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Little Rock, Arkansas:
	1 room: 19 2 rooms: 194 3 rooms: 1,140 4 rooms: 3,034 5 rooms: 10,764 6 rooms: 12,085 7 rooms: 7,840 8 rooms: 4,877 9 or more rooms: 4,558

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Little Rock, Arkansas:
	1 room: 1,350 2 rooms: 3,475 3 rooms: 7,220 4 rooms: 9,506 5 rooms: 6,247 6 rooms: 3,241 7 rooms: 1,077 8 rooms: 468 9 or more rooms: 332

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,668
1995 to 1998: 4,755
1990 to 1994: 4,717
1980 to 1989: 13,948
1970 to 1979: 21,041
1960 to 1969: 15,430
1950 to 1959: 10,065
1940 to 1949: 6,128
1939 or earlier: 7,136

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Little Rock:
	no bedroom: 41 1 bedroom: 889 2 bedrooms: 7,904 3 bedrooms: 25,808 4 bedrooms: 8,535 5 or more bedrooms: 1,334

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Little Rock:
	no bedroom: 1,630 1 bedroom: 10,434 2 bedrooms: 13,423 3 bedrooms: 6,448 4 bedrooms: 846 5 or more bedrooms: 135

Cars and other vehicles available in Little Rock in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 2,015 1 vehicle: 14,719 2 vehicles: 20,996 3 vehicles: 5,420 4 vehicles: 1,075 5 or more vehicles: 286

Cars and other vehicles available in Little Rock in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 5,303 1 vehicle: 18,466 2 vehicles: 7,830 3 vehicles: 1,053 4 vehicles: 107 5 or more vehicles: 157

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Little Rock, AR:

Less than $10,000: 181
$10,000 to $14,999: 145
$15,000 to $19,999: 303
$20,000 to $24,999: 494
$25,000 to $29,999: 673
$30,000 to $34,999: 1093
$35,000 to $39,999: 1702
$40,000 to $49,999: 3245
$50,000 to $59,999: 3291
$60,000 to $69,999: 3363
$70,000 to $79,999: 3118
$80,000 to $89,999: 2820
$90,000 to $99,999: 2526
$100,000 to $124,999: 4948
$125,000 to $149,999: 3412
$150,000 to $174,999: 1951
$175,000 to $199,999: 1577
$200,000 to $249,999: 1996
$250,000 to $299,999: 1342
$300,000 to $399,999: 1151
$400,000 to $499,999: 473
$500,000 to $749,999: 357
$750,000 to $999,999: 129
$1,000,000 or more: 147

Little Rock rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Little Rock:

Less than $100: 554 people
$100 to $149: 711
$150 to $199: 477
$200 to $249: 455
$250 to $299: 444
$300 to $349: 1,451
$350 to $399: 1,784
$400 to $449: 2,019
$450 to $499: 3,035
$500 to $549: 3,358
$550 to $599: 3,603
$600 to $649: 2,811
$650 to $699: 2,948
$700 to $749: 1,106
$750 to $799: 679
$800 to $899: 1,654
$900 to $999: 939
$1,000 to $1,249: 875
$1,250 to $1,499: 235
$1,500 to $1,999: 385
$2,000 or more: 122
No cash rent: 1,210

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,290 1990 to 1994: 1,561 1985 to 1989: 676 1980 to 1984: 771 1975 to 1979: 726 1970 to 1974: 340 1970 to 1974: 122 1965 to 1969: 459

Little Rock, AR Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.0%
Number of people working at home: 1,888 (2.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 2444
5 to 9 minutes: 10151
10 to 14 minutes: 16918
15 to 19 minutes: 20779
20 to 24 minutes: 16801
25 to 29 minutes: 4294
30 to 34 minutes: 8219
35 to 39 minutes: 723
40 to 44 minutes: 733
45 to 59 minutes: 2004
60 to 89 minutes: 1535
90 or more minutes: 1222

Little Rock mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 71,031 (81%)
Carpooled: 11,147 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,321 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 22 (0%)
Railroad: 9 (0%)
Taxi: 272 (0%)
Motorcycle: 88 (0%)
Bicycle: 125 (0%)
Walked: 1,341 (2%)
Other means: 467 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,888 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 8416
$10,000 to $14,999: 5267
$15,000 to $19,999: 5789
$20,000 to $24,999: 5837
$25,000 to $29,999: 5429
$30,000 to $34,999: 5391
$35,000 to $39,999: 4607
$40,000 to $44,999: 4422
$45,000 to $49,999: 3538
$50,000 to $59,999: 6337
$60,000 to $74,999: 6847
$75,000 to $99,999: 6683
$100,000 to $124,999: 3311
$125,000 to $149,999: 1681
$150,000 to $199,999: 1721
$200,000 or more: 2245

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 72710
United States or American: 14281
English: 12229
German: 10804
Irish: 8759
Scotch-Irish: 3842
Subsaharan African:: 3102
African: 2618
Scottish: 2513
French (except Basque): 2398
Italian: 2191
European: 1783
Polish: 1353
Dutch: 834
Norwegian: 832
Swedish: 777
British: 753
Welsh: 441
Russian: 439
Arab:: 410
Greek: 310
Nigerian: 300
Czechoslovakian: 237
Swiss: 216
Danish: 212
Czech: 182
Hungarian: 177
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 176
French Canadian: 176
Lebanese: 168
Slovak: 143
New Zealander: 133
Scandinavian: 127
Austrian: 116
Ukrainian: 109
Northern European: 100
Arab/Arabic: 87
Iranian: 82
Turkish: 81
Romanian: 79
Ghanian: 73
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 68
Jamaican: 68
Syrian: 65
Canadian: 62
Portuguese: 61
Other Subsaharan African: 57
Lithuanian: 50
Haitian: 48
Eastern European: 45
Egyptian: 39
Yugoslavian: 37
Israeli: 36
Armenian: 35
Slovene: 35
South African: 35
Finnish: 29
Bahamian: 28
Belgian: 26
Iraqi: 23
Guyanese: 22
Serbian: 21
Pennsylvania German: 18
Other Arab: 17
Celtic: 16
Acadian/Cajun: 14
Jordanian: 11
Ugandan: 10
Liberian: 9
Dutch West Indian: 9
Slavic: 9
Australian: 8
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8
Afghan: 7
Basque: 7
Alsatian: 7
West Indian: 6
Latvian: 5
Icelander: 5
Barbadian: 5
British West Indian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (25%)
India (8%)
United Kingdom (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Philippines (5%)
Nigeria (4%)
Vietnam (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 124783
Northeast: 4061
Midwest: 14445
South: 25570
West: 6727

50% of Little Rock residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Arkansas.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 548
Nursery to 4th grade: 177
5th and 6th grade: 547
7th and 8th grade: 919
9th grade: 912
10th grade: 1,077
11th grade: 1,272
12th grade, no diploma: 2,432
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,323
Less than 1 year of college: 3,048
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 9,533
Associate degree: 2,213
Bachelor's degree: 12,693
Master's degree: 3,819
Professional school degree: 3,184
Doctorate degree: 1,139

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 426
Nursery to 4th grade: 249
5th and 6th grade: 615
7th and 8th grade: 1,043
9th grade: 1,183
10th grade: 1,357
11th grade: 1,647
12th grade, no diploma: 2,565
High school graduate (or equivalency): 15,228
Less than 1 year of college: 4,707
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 11,506
Associate degree: 2,980
Bachelor's degree: 13,769
Master's degree: 5,648
Professional school degree: 1,743
Doctorate degree: 591

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.6%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 13.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 5.7%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 2.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 1.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 10.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 1.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 1.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $57,134
Black householders: $31,714
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $69,384
Asian householders: $46,839
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $24,516
Some other race householders: $29,498
Two or more races householders: $35,781
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $32,307

Little Rock household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Little Rock household income for Black householders

Little Rock household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Little Rock household income for Asian householders

Little Rock household income for Some other race householders

Little Rock household income for Two or more races householders

Little Rock household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Little Rock marital status for males

Little Rock marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $181,470
Black or African American householders: $91,142
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $90,490
Asian householders: $187,502
Some other race householders: $75,001
Two or more races householders: $127,827
Hispanic or Latino householders: $113,316

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 53,123
One, attached: 1,754
Two: 2,721
3 or 4: 4,513
5 to 9: 5,640
10 to 19: 5,488
20 to 49: 3,191
50 or more: 5,875
Mobile homes: 2,564
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19

Median worth of mobile homes: $11,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Little Rock:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (83%) Electricity (16%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (56%) Utility gas (42%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,416

Here:	22.0%
Arkansas:	7.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,261

Here:	21.4%
Arkansas:	6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,459

Here:	16.0%
Arkansas:	14.7%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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