Forrest City, Arkansas Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Forrest City is 3rd in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Forrest City is 4th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Income below poverty line

Forrest City is 12th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in People per household

Forrest City is 13th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Forrest City	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	15,220	28th	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	16.3	29th	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	943.5	31st	56	87.4

Age Demographics
	Forrest City	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	44th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	47th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.8%	56th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Forrest City	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.8%	53rd	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.4%	55th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Forrest City	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	27.6%	60th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	67.3%	3rd	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	22nd	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	39th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	51st	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	42nd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	22nd	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	60th	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Forrest City	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	40.9%	62nd	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	42nd	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Forrest City	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	4,970	34th	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.2%	13th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	4,105	35th	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	40.4%	62nd	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$78,300	47th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.7	12th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Forrest City	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$12,272	62nd	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$25,373	62nd	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	33.9%	4th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Forrest City	Rank	Arkansas	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,227	32nd	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$223,664	28th	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,632	36th	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$25,082	28th	$3,559,795	$613,795,732