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Little Rock Metro

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR · 6 counties · 777,607 residents (2025 est.) · 4,084 sq mi
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Little Rock is a metro area of 758,629 people. The typical home is worth $214,329, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 5%. 148,111 more people live here than in 2000. Median rent is $1,043 a month. Median household income is $67,436, under the $82,259 national median.

At a glance
Lower income
below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
34% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 45%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
758,629
+24%since 2000
from 610,518 in 2000
777,607 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
186 / sq mi
+24%since 2000
from 149 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
37.7
+8%since 2000
from 34.8 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
4,084 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
513K580K647K714K781K19902000201020202024Little Rock
2024759K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56%(45,372)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.5%(49,158)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.7%(50,609)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.5%(49,534)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 247%(53,296)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3413.8%(104,382)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4413.3%(100,577)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5411.9%(90,034)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6412.1%(91,486)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.8%(74,420)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844.9%(36,901)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.7%(12,860)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$67,436
−5%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $38,787 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$38,553
+92%since 2000
from $20,122 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
45.4%
+18.0 ptssince 2009
from 27.3% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
14.3%
+2.2 ptssince 2000
from 12.1% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.469
+4%since 2010
from 0.450 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information12.1%
US avg: 10.8%
Other services7.5%
US avg: 6.7%
Retail trade7.4%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade7%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance6.3%
US avg: 5.9%
Public administration6%
US avg: 4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical5.1%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing2.4%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.5%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services1.2%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.8%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.6%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.2%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$214,329
+45%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $81,129 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,043
+10%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $522 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
64.1%
−2.7 ptssince 2000
from 66.8% in 2000
35.9% rent
Vacancy rate
9.2%
−0.7 ptssince 2009
from 9.9% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.39 people
−3%since 2009
from 2.46 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
17.2%
−3.0 ptssince 2009
from 20.2% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
40.2%
−2.7 ptssince 2009
from 42.9% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
3.2
+19%since 2009
from 2.7 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
45
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic74.4%(454,505)
Black20.9%(127,783)
Hispanic / Latino2.1%(12,646)
Asian0.9%(5,765)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic63.1%(478,740)
Black23.5%(178,289)
Hispanic / Latino7.2%(54,942)
Asian1.6%(12,080)
Other4.6%(34,578)
Diversity Score
62
+23%since 2009
from 50 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
46
−2%since 2020
from 47 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican4.6%(34,910)
Central American1.5%(11,263)
Guatemalan0.6%(4,684)
Salvadoran0.4%(3,159)
Puerto Rican0.3%(2,200)
Honduran0.3%(2,068)
South American0.2%(1,760)
Spaniard0.1%(865)
Nicaraguan0.1%(601)
Cuban0.1%(534)
Panamanian0.1%(531)
Venezuelan0.1%(452)
+ 9 more hispanic origin groups with data
Chilean0.1%(366)
Colombian0.1%(317)
Peruvian0%(307)
Ecuadorian0%(166)
Argentine0%(120)
Dominican0%(58)
Bolivian0%(17)
Asian origin
Asian Indian0.4%(3,144)
Filipino0.3%(2,405)
Chinese0.2%(1,449)
Korean0.1%(994)
Vietnamese0.1%(966)
Pakistani0.1%(571)
Thai0%(343)
Japanese0%(336)
Cambodian0%(302)
Indonesian0.1%(217)
Laotian0%(195)
Hmong0%(178)
+ 7 more asian origin groups with data
Taiwanese0%(152)
Nepalese0%(62)
Kazakh0%(24)
Malaysian0%(16)
Pacific Islander origin
Chamorro0%(58)
Samoan0%(42)
Fijian0%(14)
Guamanian0%(10)
Ancestry
English12.8%(97,290)
German8.5%(64,815)
Irish8.3%(62,949)
American6.6%(50,133)
Scottish1.9%(14,353)
Subsaharan African1.7%(12,815)
French1.4%(10,552)
Italian1.3%(10,218)
Scotch-Irish1%(7,423)
Polish0.7%(5,432)
British0.5%(3,558)
Dutch0.5%(3,497)
+ 49 more ancestry groups with data
Welsh0.4%(3,410)
Norwegian0.4%(3,294)
Swedish0.3%(2,574)
West Indian0.3%(2,012)
Arab0.2%(1,795)
Czech0.2%(1,438)
Swiss0.2%(1,354)
French Canadian0.2%(1,296)
Russian0.2%(1,143)
Portuguese0.1%(1,026)
Nigerian0.1%(867)
Jamaican0.1%(840)
Danish0.1%(785)
Greek0.1%(731)
Brazilian0.1%(548)
Romanian0.1%(521)
Canadian0.1%(508)
Lebanese0.1%(469)
Austrian0.1%(459)
Haitian0.1%(435)
Hungarian0.1%(396)
Finnish0.1%(385)
Palestinian0.1%(369)
Lithuanian0.1%(348)
Slovak0%(330)
Iranian0%(319)
Belgian0%(313)
Egyptian0.1%(288)
Ukrainian0%(273)
Syrian0.1%(229)
Croatian0%(188)
Turkish0%(185)
Ghanaian0%(130)
Slovene0%(126)
Ethiopian0%(120)
Moroccan0%(112)
Jordanian0%(111)
Guyanese0%(93)
Israeli0%(64)
Armenian0%(57)
Bulgarian0%(38)
Serbian0%(24)
Iraqi0%(12)
Kenyan0%(12)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
33.7%
+9.6 ptssince 2000
from 24.2% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
92.4%
+9.4 ptssince 2000
from 83.0% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
12.9%
+4.5 ptssince 2000
from 8.4% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
23.3 min
+53%since 2000
from 15.2 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
78.4%
−3.7 ptssince 2009
from 82.1% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
8.4%
−2.9 ptssince 2009
from 11.3% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.4%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 0.7% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
10.6%
+7.3 ptssince 2009
from 3.3% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.0%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 1.6% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.1%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.6%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 6.1% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.3%
−3.3 ptssince 2011
from 7.6% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
62.2%
−4.4 ptssince 2011
from 66.5% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
74.1%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 73.3% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
15.9%
+1.2 ptssince 2009
from 14.7% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
43.4%
+8.1 ptssince 2009
from 35.3% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
48.4%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 48.5% in 2009
Female
51.6%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 51.5% in 2009
Foreign born
4.8%
+1.2 ptssince 2009
from 3.6% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
8.0%
−4.3 ptssince 2009
from 12.4% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
15.8%
+1.7 ptssince 2012
from 14.1% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
8.2%
−6.1 ptssince 2013
from 14.3% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
90.0%
+16.1 ptssince 2017
from 73.8% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
95.7%
+4.8 ptssince 2020
from 90.9% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
87.9%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 87.3% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
92.4%
−1.5 ptssince 2016
from 94.0% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
5.3%
+1.6 ptssince 2016
from 3.8% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married33.9%(99,333)
Married52%(152,636)
Widowed2.7%(8,015)
Divorced11.4%(33,349)
Women 15+
Never married29.5%(94,420)
Married48%(153,550)
Widowed8.7%(27,760)
Divorced13.9%(44,427)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
8.2%
−6.1 ptssince 2013
from 14.3% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
51.8%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 51.9% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
13.8%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 14.1% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
18.8%
+0.3 ptssince 2020
from 18.5% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
22.5%
−0.6 ptssince 2020
from 23.0% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
3.3%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 3.5% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
65.5%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 66.5% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
39.2%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 39.5% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.3%(12,648)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)28.5%(13,198)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32%(14,846)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.6%(1,645)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1%(449)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 46,324 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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In this metro

Largest cities

Little RockCENTRAL206,427ConwayCENTRAL72,328North Little RockCENTRAL65,120Benton38,898Sherwood33,620Jacksonville29,460Cabot27,711Bryant22,815Maumelle19,780Ward7,258East End6,912Greenbrier6,645Sheridan5,406Vilonia4,894Shannon Hills4,829Haskell4,362Lonoke4,299Gibson4,167Austin4,017Landmark3,948Alexander3,801Salem2,642England2,409Mayflower2,372Carlisle1,982Avilla1,833Wrightsville1,630Perryville1,408Wooster1,150Roland1,147

The 30 most populous of 62 cities and towns in this metro. CENTRAL marks the metro's principal cities.

What's inside

6 component counties

Pulaski CountyCENTRAL404,611Faulkner County133,979Saline CountyCENTRAL133,288Lonoke CountyCENTRAL76,664Grant County18,756Perry County10,309
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Frequently asked

How many people live in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR has about 758,629 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

The typical household in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR earns about $67,436 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR expensive?

In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, the median home is worth about $214,329, and the typical rent is about $1,043 a month.

How educated are people in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

About 33.7% of adults age 25 and over in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

About 14.3% of people in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR live below the federal poverty line.

Has Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR grown since 1990?

Yes, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR has grown since 1990. The population has added about 223,595 residents, a change of about 42 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · METRO ROLLUP OF COMPONENT COUNTIES · UPDATED 2024

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