Little Rock, Arkansas demographics

Little Rock, AR demographics: median age 35.9; 44.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Little Rock city, Arkansas · Incorporated city · GEOID 0541000. The survey estimates a population of 203,436 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Little Rock is 35.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.8 years. There are 87,858 households (±1,441). 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	35.9 ±0.8	38.5 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 203,436
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Under 18	49,498 ±1,941	24.3% ±1.0 pp	23.1%	22.0%
18–34	49,934 ±1,608	24.5% ±0.8 pp	22.3%	22.8%
35–64	72,168 ±2,077	35.5% ±1.0 pp	37.0%	38.0%
65 and older	31,836 ±1,327	15.6% ±0.7 pp	17.6%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 203,436
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Male	95,463 ±1,257	46.9% ±0.6 pp	49.4%	49.5%
Female	107,973 ±1,267	53.1% ±0.6 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: 203,436
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
White alone	89,605 ±2,713	44.0% ±1.3 pp	69.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	80,894 ±2,356	39.8% ±1.2 pp	14.7%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	675 ±336	0.3% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,244 ±632	3.1% ±0.3 pp	1.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	147 ±29	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	10,425 ±1,444	5.1% ±0.7 pp	3.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	15,446 ±1,906	7.6% ±0.9 pp	10.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 203,436
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	181,956 ±1,585	89.4% ±0.8 pp	91.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21,480 ±1,584	10.6% ±0.8 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: 87,858
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Married-couple family	30,484 ±1,264	34.7% ±1.3 pp	47.0%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,181 ±527	3.6% ±0.6 pp	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	14,407 ±1,016	16.4% ±1.1 pp	12.8%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	34,585 ±1,471	39.4% ±1.5 pp	29.9%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	5,201 ±724	5.9% ±0.8 pp	5.5%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 87,858
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	24,561 ±1,117	28.0% ±1.2 pp	30.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	63,297 ±1,813	72.0% ±1.7 pp	69.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 87,858
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	34,585 ±1,471	39.4% ±1.5 pp	29.9%	28.7%
Two-person households	27,361 ±1,350	31.1% ±1.4 pp	34.8%	33.8%
Three-person households	11,484 ±953	13.1% ±1.1 pp	15.2%	15.3%
Four-person households	8,705 ±936	9.9% ±1.1 pp	11.5%	12.6%
Five-person households	3,420 ±461	3.9% ±0.5 pp	5.4%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,519 ±390	1.7% ±0.4 pp	2.2%	2.2%
Seven or more people	784 ±304	0.9% ±0.3 pp	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: 203,436
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Native	186,541 ±1,281	91.7% ±0.6 pp	94.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	16,895 ±1,279	8.3% ±0.6 pp	5.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 189,814
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
English only	164,165 ±1,683	86.5% ±0.8 pp	91.7%	77.7%
Spanish	17,143 ±1,372	9.0% ±0.7 pp	6.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	782 ±335	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	357 ±151	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	215 ±149 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	2,196 ±659	1.2% ±0.3 pp	0.4%	2.0%
Korean	204 ±143 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	838 ±293	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.1%	1.1%
Vietnamese	305 ±192 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	416 ±201	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,867 ±542	1.0% ±0.3 pp	0.7%	1.1%
Arabic	675 ±433 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	651 ±453 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 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: 134,913
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	9,921 ±989	7.4% ±0.7 pp	11.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	27,785 ±1,619	20.6% ±1.2 pp	34.1%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	27,295 ±1,655	20.2% ±1.2 pp	20.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	9,716 ±929	7.2% ±0.7 pp	8.2%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	34,820 ±1,675	25.8% ±1.2 pp	16.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25,376 ±1,536	18.8% ±1.1 pp	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: 200,368
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Same house	172,275 ±2,435	86.0% ±1.2 pp	87.4%	87.7%
Moved within same county	16,598 ±1,756	8.3% ±0.9 pp	6.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	5,574 ±1,076	2.8% ±0.5 pp	3.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	5,142 ±993	2.6% ±0.5 pp	2.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	779 ±351	0.4% ±0.2 pp	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

10.6% of Little Rock residents (±0.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.0% in Arkansas and 8.4% nationally. 91.4% 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	Little Rock	Arkansas	U.S.	Compared with Arkansas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.6% ±0.9 pp	9.0%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.4% ±0.9 pp	86.7%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.9% ±0.5 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Little Rock . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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