Barling, Arkansas demographics

Barling, AR demographics: median age 42.5; 21.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Barling city, Arkansas · Incorporated city · GEOID 0503640. The survey estimates a population of 5,007 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Barling is 42.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 4.6 years. There are 2,171 households (±246). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	42.5 ±4.6	38.5 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 5,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Under 18	916 ±205	18.3% ±4.1 pp	23.1%	22.0%
18–34	1,158 ±275	23.1% ±5.5 pp	22.3%	22.8%
35–64	1,943 ±385	38.8% ±7.7 pp	37.0%	38.0%
65 and older	990 ±228	19.8% ±4.5 pp	17.6%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 5,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Male	2,154 ±222	43.0% ±4.4 pp	49.4%	49.5%
Female	2,853 ±223	57.0% ±4.4 pp	50.6%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 5,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
White alone	3,720 ±370	74.3% ±7.4 pp	69.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	109 ±103 · low precision	2.2% ±2.1 pp · low precision	14.7%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	11 ±19 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	426 ±199	8.5% ±4.0 pp	1.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	479 ±228	9.6% ±4.6 pp	3.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	262 ±166 · low precision	5.2% ±3.3 pp · low precision	10.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 5,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,342 ±166	86.7% ±3.3 pp	91.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	665 ±164	13.3% ±3.3 pp	9.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 2,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Married-couple family	914 ±193	42.1% ±7.5 pp	47.0%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	109 ±92 · low precision	5.0% ±4.2 pp · low precision	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	235 ±105	10.8% ±4.7 pp	12.8%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	742 ±345	34.2% ±15.4 pp	29.9%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	171 ±86 · low precision	7.9% ±3.9 pp	5.5%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 2,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	476 ±104	21.9% ±4.1 pp	30.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	1,695 ±295	78.1% ±10.3 pp	69.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 2,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	742 ±345	34.2% ±15.4 pp	29.9%	28.7%
Two-person households	857 ±226	39.5% ±9.4 pp	34.8%	33.8%
Three-person households	274 ±107	12.6% ±4.7 pp	15.2%	15.3%
Four-person households	115 ±88 · low precision	5.3% ±4.0 pp · low precision	11.5%	12.6%
Five-person households	148 ±86 · low precision	6.8% ±3.9 pp · low precision	5.4%	5.9%
Six-person households	35 ±42 · low precision	1.6% ±1.9 pp · low precision	2.2%	2.2%
Seven or more people	0 ±27 · low precision	0.0% ±1.2 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 5,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Native	4,548 ±158	90.8% ±3.1 pp	94.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	459 ±152	9.2% ±3.0 pp	5.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 4,711
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
English only	4,104 ±314	87.1% ±6.3 pp	91.7%	77.7%
Spanish	302 ±186 · low precision	6.4% ±3.9 pp · low precision	6.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	1.1%
Vietnamese	234 ±164 · low precision	5.0% ±3.5 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	46 ±56 · low precision	1.0% ±1.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	15 ±27 · low precision	0.3% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	10 ±18 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 3,496
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	409 ±194	11.7% ±5.5 pp	11.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	1,448 ±365	41.4% ±10.0 pp	34.1%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	676 ±206	19.3% ±5.7 pp	20.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	227 ±127 · low precision	6.5% ±3.6 pp · low precision	8.2%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	548 ±239	15.7% ±6.7 pp	16.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	188 ±104 · low precision	5.4% ±2.9 pp · low precision	9.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 4,900
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Same house	4,351 ±200	88.8% ±3.9 pp	87.4%	87.7%
Moved within same county	207 ±150 · low precision	4.2% ±3.1 pp · low precision	6.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	290 ±103	5.9% ±2.1 pp	3.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	52 ±114 · low precision	1.1% ±2.3 pp · low precision	2.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	0 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

4.9% of Barling residents (±2.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.0% in Arkansas and 8.4% nationally. 88.1% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Barling	Arkansas	U.S.	Compared with Arkansas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	4.9% ±2.2 pp	9.0%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	88.1% ±9.3 pp	86.7%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.8% ±3.1 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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