U.S. Cities - City-Data Homepage  
City-Data Forum
City-Data.com Homepage

West Helena, Arkansas (AR) Poverty Rate Data - Information about poor and low income residents

 




Jump to a detailed profile or search
site with Google Custom Search

Business Search
14 Million Businesses in
12,000 Categories
Find:
Near:

Back to: West Helena main page, Arkansas, Arkansas smaller cities, Arkansas small towns, Arkansas forum, All U.S. Cities.

Options
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2005-2010 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram



Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
West Helena:

55.4%
Whole state:

24.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
West Helena:

17.5%
Whole state:

7.7%

Breakdown by age of poor male residents in West Helena (percentage below poverty level)

Breakdown by age of poor female residents in West Helena (percentage below poverty level)

Breakdown by races of poor residents (income below poverty level) in West Helena in percentages

Breakdown by races of poor residents in West Helena in absolute numbers

Poor families by family type
 

  • Married-couple family (19.0%)
  • Male, no wife present (1.6%)
  • Female, no husband present (79.4%)

Breakdown by age of very poor residents in West Helena, AR (percentage below half of poverty level)

Poverty status for native-born residents
 

  • Below poverty level (40.4%)
  • Above poverty level (59.6%)

Poverty status for foreign-born residents
 

  • Below poverty level (18.6%)
  • Above poverty level (81.4%)


Children below poverty level:
West Helena, Arkansas:

57.0%
State:

26.9%


Poverty rate among high school graduates not in families:
West Helena:

18.4%
Arkansas:

21.9%

Poverty rate among people who did not graduate high school not in families:
West Helena:

56.1%
Arkansas:

45.8%

Breakdown of poor residents in West Helena not in families by work experience
 

  • Worked full-time, year-round (4%)
  • Worked part-time (11%)
  • Did not work (85%)

Breakdown of poor married-couple families by work experience
 

  • Both worked full-time (0%)
  • One full-time, other part-time (8%)
  • One full-time, other didn't work (12%)
  • Both worked part-time (0%)
  • One part-time, other didn't work (42%)
  • Both didn't work (38%)

Year house/condo built by year for residents below and above poverty levels in percentages


Poverty rate among disabled males:
West Helena:

31.3%
Arkansas:

18.1%

Disability rate in this city among poor males (it is 30.5% among residents who are not classified as poor):
West Helena:

34.1%
Arkansas:

18.1%

Poverty rate among disabled females:
West Helena:

43.9%
Arkansas:

24.5%

Disability rate in this city among poor females (it is 24.1% among residents who are not classified as poor):
West Helena:

33.5%
Arkansas:

24.5%

Renting rate in this city among poor and not poor residents:
Residents below poverty level:

71.3%
Residents above poverty level:

40.6%

West Helena, AR forum
Recent posts about poverty in West Helena, Arkansas on our local forum with over 1,500,000 registered users:
UofArkansas student preparing to move to South Arkansas  (24 replies)
Fave Arkansas Metro?  (51 replies)
Arkansas Schools  (13 replies)
Any good Water Parks or family Activities in EAST Arkansas?  (9 replies)

Discuss West Helena, Arkansas (AR) on our hugely popular Arkansas forum.

Back to: West Helena, AR, Arkansas, Arkansas smaller cities, Arkansas small towns, All cities.


Back to the top


City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2013 Advameg, Inc.