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Arkansas
Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

      

Total population

2,599,492

*****

*****

Native

 2,539,147 2,524,967 2,553,327

Born in United States

 2,524,079 2,509,607 2,538,551

State of residence

 1,596,059 1,500,613 1,691,505

Different state

 928,020 830,630 1,025,410

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

 15,068 11,897 18,239

Foreign born

 60,345 46,165 74,525

Naturalized citizen

 20,430 14,561 26,299

Not a citizen

 39,915 28,766 51,064

Entered 1990 to 2000

 27,027 17,429 36,625

Entered before 1990

 33,318 24,857 41,779
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

      

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

60,345

46,165

74,525

Europe

 11,827 7,101 16,553

Asia

 15,460 7,976 22,944

Africa

 2,958 0 6,458

Oceania

 47 0 101

Latin America

 27,611 18,331 36,891

Northern America

 2,442 893 3,991
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

      

Population 5 years and over

2,420,550

2,404,669

2,436,431

English only

 2,329,241 2,305,016 2,353,466

Language other than English

 91,309 73,271 109,347

Speak English less than "very well"

 38,650 29,258 48,042

Spanish

 53,203 40,064 66,342

Speak English less than "very well"

 24,343 16,859 31,827

Other Indo-European languages

 18,224 13,380 23,068

Speak English less than "very well"

 4,995 2,812 7,178

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

 15,530 6,934 24,127

Speak English less than "very well"

 8,991 4,338 13,644

Other languages

 4,352 803 7,901

Speak English less than "very well"

 321 14 628
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

      

Total Population

2,599,492

*****

*****

Arab

 3,283 1,197 5,369

Czech

 4,620 2,571 6,669

Danish

 4,749 2,371 7,127

Dutch

 56,807 45,057 68,557

English

 258,425 218,104 298,746

French (except Basque)

 59,208 49,329 69,087

French Canadian

 2,753 1,270 4,236

German

 302,165 273,340 330,991

Greek

 847 0 1,941

Hungarian

 2,198 710 3,686

Irish

 295,153 268,935 321,372

Italian

 31,041 26,533 35,549

Lithuanian

 2,059 518 3,600

Norwegian

 8,581 5,405 11,757

Polish

 19,077 12,432 25,722

Portuguese

 2,935 1,122 4,748

Russian

 3,258 958 5,558

Scotch-Irish

 61,912 48,179 75,645

Scottish

 43,198 28,726 57,670

Slovak

 2,102 0 4,448

Subsaharan African

 8,512 4,144 12,880

Swedish

 9,766 6,941 12,591

Swiss

 8,552 3,848 13,256

Ukrainian

 1,019 232 1,806

United States or American

 453,017 381,854 524,180

Welsh

 11,210 7,644 14,776

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

 3,762 992 6,532
       

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.