People Facts Jacksonville Arkansas
Population, 2003 estimate 30,393 2,725,714
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.6% 2.0%
Population, 2000 29,916 2,673,400
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 2.6% 13.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 9.5% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 29.0% 25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 7.3% 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000 49.9% 51.2%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 68.9% 80.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 24.8% 15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5% 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.0% 0.8%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.1% 1.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.6% 1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 3.4% 3.2%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 40.1% 53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 3.5% 2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 6.9% 5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.2% 75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 15.4% 16.7%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 19.0 21.9
 
Housing units, 2000 11,890 1,173,043
Homeownership rate, 2000 47.3% 69.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $73,100 $72,800
 
Households, 2000 10,890 1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000 2.64 2.49
Median household income, 1999 $35,460 $32,182
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,369 $16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 14.2% 15.8%
    Business Facts
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) - 27,515,382
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 239,819 21,643,695
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,298 $8,575
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) 27,325 2,179,696
Total number of firms, 1997 1,993 193,424
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 7.7% 6.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 25.4% 22.0%
    Geography Facts
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 26 52,068
Persons per square mile, 2000 1,134.2 51.3
Counties Pulaski County