Benton County, AR Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Arkansas



Benton County, Arkansas

People QuickFactsBenton CountyArkansas
Population, 2005 estimate 186,9382,779,154
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 21.9%4.0%
Population, 2000 153,4062,673,400
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.3%6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 26.1%24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 12.6%13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.3%51.0%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)93.8%81.3%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.1%15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.6%0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.7%1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.6%1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)12.8%4.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 81.7%77.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 45.2%53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 6.4%2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 10.2%5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.4%75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.3%16.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 27,926576,471
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 19.521.9
Housing units, 2005 76,0741,249,116
Homeownership rate, 2000 72.2%69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 13.8%13.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $94,800$72,800
Households, 2000 58,2121,042,696
Persons per household, 2000 2.602.49
Median household income, 2003 $45,264$33,445
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,377$16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 10.0%16.0%
Business QuickFactsBenton CountyArkansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 4,56565,2911
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 89,1741,007,5121
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 32.2%1.7%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 12,532177,721
Total number of firms, 2002 13,604209,010
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.1%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.9%1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.4%1.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 21.5%23.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 2,615,52646,721,413
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D34,470,795
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,487,81825,611,630
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,000$9,459
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 163,3782,766,905
Building permits, 2005 4,66317,932
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 629,59919,488,8221
Geography QuickFactsBenton CountyArkansas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 84552,068
Persons per square mile, 2000 181.351.3
FIPS Code 00705
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:03:36 EST
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