Fayetteville, Arkansas Facts

Fayetteville Arkansas
Population, 2003 Estimate 62,078 2,725,714
Population, percent change April 1, 2000 to July 1,2003 6.9% 2.0%
Population, 2000 58,047 2,673,400
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 35.8% 13.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.5% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 19.9% 25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 8.7% 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000 49.3% 51.2%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 86.5% 80.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 5.1% 15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.3% 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.6% 0.8%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 2.0% 1.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.4% 1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 4.9% 3.2%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 31.5% 53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 6.4% 2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.1% 5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.9% 75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 41.2% 16.7%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 16.4 21.9
Housing Facts
Housing units, 2000 25,467 1,173,043
Owner Occupied 42.2% 69.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $100,300 $72,800
Household Facts
Households, 2000 23,798 1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000 2.21 2.49
Median household income, 1999 $31,345 $32,182
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,311 $16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 19.9% 15.8%

Geography Facts

Land area, 2000 (square miles) 43 52,068
Persons per square mile, 2000 1,336.6 51.3
Counties  Washington County