Arkansas: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Arkansas Department of Health: 4815 West Markham Street, Little Rock
Population:
- Total Population: 2,673,400
- Males: 1,303,332
- Females: 1,370,068
Top 4 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (2,368,440)
- Spanish (82,460)
- German (7,353)
- French (7,233)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (665,307)
- United Methodist Church, The (179,383)
- Catholic Church (115,967)
- American Baptist Association, The (115,916)
- Baptist Missionary Association of America (87,244)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 1,092,464
- Sensory: 117,392
- Physical: 287,635
- Mental: 159,803
- Self-care: 90,784
- Go outside home: 199,595
- Employment: 230,674
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 33,618
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 1,042,696
- Utility gas: 506,400
- Bottled or LP gas: 140,936
- Electricity: 340,734
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 1,206
- Coal or Coke: 46
- Wood: 49,379
- Solar Energy: 278
- Other fuel: 1,809
- No fuel used: 1,908
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 1,916,660
- No vehicle: 136,297
- 1 or more vehicle: 1,780,363
Education Attainment:
- No School: 20,748
- No High School: 141,716
- Some High School: 264,985
- High School: 590,416
- Some College: 355,329
- Associate's Degree: 69,578
- College Degree: 190,427
- Master's Degree: 64,504
- Professional Degree: 23,141
- Doctoral Degree: 10,356
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 1,042,696
- Owners with phone: 700,923
- Owners without phone: 22,535
- Renters with phone: 285,026
- Renters without phone: 34,212
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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