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Hot Spring County, AR

Demographic and economic profile of Hot Spring County, AR, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Hot Spring County, AR is a small rural county of 33,142 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 49.7% and a median age of 43.1 years, reflecting a workforce that skews older and partially detached from formal employment. Only 15.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, though 89.4% have a high school diploma, and median worker earnings stand at $35,507 against a poverty rate of 17.1%. Housing costs are low—median home value of $127,900 and median gross rent of $763/month—though the county posted a population decline of 1.1% over the past five years.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

33,142

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$55,405

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

43.1 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-1.1% since 2018

Hot Spring County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone27,282 (82.2%)
  • Black or African American Alone3,692 (11.1%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races924 (2.8%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race845 (2.5%)
  • Some Other Race Alone250 (0.8%)
  • American Indian & Alaska Native Alone175 (0.5%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish829
  2. 2.Other Indo-European49
  3. 3.German or other West Germanic31
  4. 4.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)21
  5. 5.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic18

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

19.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

60.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

19.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.3%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

2,229

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$34,788

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$26,304

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

3.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

17.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance3,449
  2. 2.Retail Trade (Group)2,037
  3. 3.Manufacturing (Group)1,530
  4. 4.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services1,172
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services967

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations4,480
  2. 2.Service Occupations2,455
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations2,317
  4. 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations2,062
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,980

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Retail Trade (LQ 1.57×)2,249
  2. 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.47×)309
  3. 3.Other Services (LQ 1.22×)755
  4. 4.Manufacturing (LQ 1.12×)1,462
  5. 5.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.07×)3,286

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$127,900

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$763/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

76.5%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,9991,308 (13.9%)
  • $100,000 to $124,9991,297 (13.8%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999869 (9.2%)
  • $300,000 to $399,999760 (8.1%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999685 (7.3%)
  • $175,000 to $199,999674 (7.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

15.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

89.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

49.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$35,507

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

29.9 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone10,691 (81.1%)
  • Carpooled1,485 (11.3%)
  • Worked At Home568 (4.3%)
  • Other195 (1.5%)
  • Walked191 (1.4%)
  • Public Transit50 (0.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.