US Census Bureau Redefines Meaning of 'Urban' America
The change matters because rural and urban areas often qualify for different types of federal funding for transportation, housing, health care, education and agriculture. read more >
The change matters because rural and urban areas often qualify for different types of federal funding for transportation, housing, health care, education and agriculture. read more >
Median household income totaled $52,528 in Arkansas in 2021, an increase of 1.3% compared with 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. read more >
The healthcare system plans to expand services to northwest Arkansas. read more >
For Adam Arroyos, opening a Latino-focused bank in northwest Arkansas is more than just adding another bank branch. read more >
Like the rest of the United States, the ethnic mix in the Little Rock metropolitan statistical area saw substantial change between 2010 and 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. read more >
The 2020 U.S. Census showed the three largest cities in central Arkansas all grew, with Little Rock passing the 200,000 mark to reach 202,591. read more >
Population growth in the United States, Arkansas and central Arkansas slowed from 2010-2020 compared with the previous decade, U.S. Census Bureau tallies and the accompanying chart show. read more >
Total construction spending in the United States was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.57 trillion in September, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. read more >
Real median household income in Arkansas fell to $50,540 between 2019 and 2020, compared with $55,220 in 2019, a decline of 8.5%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. read more >
In 2020, 8.6% of Americans, or 28 million, did not have health insurance at any point during the year, according to “Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2020,” released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September. read more >
An analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Services Survey data on hospital visits shows the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital revenue in the United States, notably big declines in revenue during the pandemic’s early days and then big jumps in revenue once Congress approved pandemic relief. read more >
With its population surging, northwest Arkansas shows that it's healthy to go into something all together. read more >
Problems with the 2020 census have led some local governments to be dubious about the results. read more >
Fifteen Republican governors send a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce urging that the U.S. Census Bureau release redistricting data as soon as possible. read more >
Monthly business applications in Arkansas and elsewhere in the United States jumped during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, as businesses shut down and employees were thrown out of work and left to their own devices. read more >
The influx of residents into Washington and Benton counties — the two most populous of the three-county metropolitan statistical area — is a positive for the region but is not without its complications. read more >
The number of people Arkansas will send to the U.S. House of Representatives remains unchanged at four, based on the results of the 2020 U.S. Census. read more >
The population of Arkansas grew 3.3% between 2010 and 2020, to 3,013,756 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. read more >
Arkansans with a bachelor’s degree or greater between 2015 and 2019 are concentrated, unsurprisingly, in northwest and central Arkansas. read more >
Four Arkansas cities and their surrounding areas face demotion and possible economic repercussions if a proposed statistical change is adopted by the federal Office of Management & Budget. read more >
