Moving to Newport, Arkansas

About Newport, Arkansas
Newport

Newport is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Arkansas, United States located on the White River, 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Little Rock. The population was 7,879 at the 2010 census.

Newport is home to a campus of the Arkansas State University system, with particular focus on training in transportation careers. Newport is known as the town in which Sam Walton owned a Ben Franklin store prior to starting Wal-Mart.

Newport has ten properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Gender
Gender Newport Arkansas Country
Female 56.1% 50.9% 50.8%
Male 43.9% 49.1% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.056%44%Female56.1%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.012%7%23%11%18%13%6%6%2%2%$15K to $25K23.2%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Newport Arkansas Country
Less than $10,000 11.7% 7.4% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 6.5% 5.6% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 23.2% 11.9% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 10.6% 11.3% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 18.1% 14.1% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 13.3% 18.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 6% 11.6% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 6.3% 11.7% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 2.2% 4% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2.1% 4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.06%11%42%22%8%6%4%1%0%High School or GED42%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Newport Arkansas Country
< 9th Grade 6% 6% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 11% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 42% 34% 27.0%
Other College 22% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 7% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 6% 15% 20.0%
Master's Degree 4% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 1% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Newport Arkansas  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K11.77.45.86.55.64.123.211.98.510.611.38.618.114.11213.318.417.2611.612.86.311.715.62.247.12.148.3
Education
 Newport Arkansas  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0012.52537.550Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade665118742342722222087961520469112011
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.068%21%0%0%5%0%6%0%White67.5%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Newport Arkansas Country
White 67.5% 71.6% 60.1%
African American 20.8% 15.1% 12.2%
American Indian 0.2% 0.5% 0.6%
Asian 0.1% 1.5% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.3% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 6.4% 3.1% 2.8%
Hispanic 4.7% 7.6% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Newport Arkansas  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0020406080Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite67.571.660.120.815.112.20.20.50.60.11.55.600.30.20.20.20.36.43.12.84.77.618.2