The Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties in northeastern Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

. The CSA consists of the Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area

Jonesboro metropolitan area

The Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – Craighead and Poinsett – in northeast Arkansas, anchored by the city of Jonesboro. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 107,762...

 and the Paragould Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the CSA had a population of 145,093 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 161,135).

Counties

• Craighead
  Craighead County, Arkansas
  Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,443. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas...
  
  
• Greene
• Poinsett

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Bay
  Bay, Arkansas
  Bay is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,800 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bay is located at ....
  
  
• Bono
  Bono, Arkansas
  Bono is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,512 at the 2000 census. Population estimate as of 2008 was 1,599. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Brookland
  Brookland, Arkansas
  Brookland is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,332 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Brookland is located at ....
  
  
• Caraway
  Caraway, Arkansas
  Caraway is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,349 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Caraway is located at ....
  
  
• Harrisburg
  Harrisburg, Arkansas
  Harrisburg is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,192 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Lake City
  Lake City, Arkansas
  Lake City is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas in the United States, along the St. Francis River. The population is 2,082 according to the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Lepanto
  Lepanto, Arkansas
  Lepanto is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Marked Tree
  Marked Tree, Arkansas
  Marked Tree is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas in the United States, along the St. Francis River, at the mouth of the Little River. The population was 2,800 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Marmaduke
  Marmaduke, Arkansas
  Marmaduke is a city in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,158 at the 2000 census.- History :The town of Marmaduke was named for Confederate Major General John Sappington Marmaduke, who later served as Governor of Missouri. Marmaduke was said to have established a camp for...
  
  
• Monette
  Monette, Arkansas
  Monette is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,247 at the 2009 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Monette is located at ....
  
  
• Trumann
  Trumann, Arkansas
  Trumann is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,889 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Trumann is located at ....
  
  

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

• Black Oak
  Black Oak, Arkansas
  Black Oak is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, USA. The population was 286 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Cash
  Cash, Arkansas
  Cash is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 294 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Cash is located at ....
  
  
• Delaplaine
  Delaplaine, Arkansas
  Delaplaine is a town in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 127 at the 2000 census.-History:Delaplaine was incorporated as a town in April 1912 but has a history that dates back to the time of the French explorations. Early settlers found remains of a French-Indian trading...
  
  
• Egypt
  Egypt, Arkansas
  Egypt is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 101 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Egypt is located at ....
  
  
• Fisher
  Fisher, Arkansas
  Fisher is a town in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 265 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Fisher is located at ....
  
  
• Lafe
  Lafe, Arkansas
  Lafe is a town in Greene County, Arkansas on Crowley's Ridge. The population was 385 at the 2000 census.- History :The first settler of Lafe was Mr. Herman Toelken, a German immigrant who had been living in New Haven, Missouri and was seeking new opportunities in an unsettled area...
  
  
• Oak Grove Heights
  Oak Grove Heights, Arkansas
  Oak Grove Heights is a town in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 727 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Oak Grove Heights is located at ....
  
  
• Tyronza
  Tyronza, Arkansas
  Tyronza is a town in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 762 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Tyronza is located at ....
  
  
• Waldenburg
  Waldenburg, Arkansas
  Waldenburg is a town in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 80 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Waldenburg is located at ....
  
  
• Weiner
  Weiner, Arkansas
  Weiner is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 760 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Weiner is located at ....
  
  

Unincorporated places

Beech Grove Beech Grove, Arkansas Beech Grove is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. Beech Grove is located on Arkansas Highway 141 northwest of Paragould. Beech Grove has a post office with ZIP code 72412.... Bowman Bowman, Craighead County, Arkansas Bowman is an unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States.-April 27, 2011 Tornado:At 3:08 PM on April 27, 2011, a tornado – part of the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak – hit Bowman. The tornado was rated EF-1 with winds at , a width of , that traveled a path of... Brighton Fontaine Greene High Greenfield Greenfield, Arkansas Greenfield is an unincorporated community in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. A railroad town founded along the Missouri Pacific, it lies five miles north of Harrisburg, and about ten miles south of Jonesboro on the new Highway 1... Halliday Herman Herman, Arkansas Herman is an unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. Its location is .-History of the Community Name:The locale of Herman began as a railroad stop with the post office being called Bellefield... Hooker Light Light, Arkansas Light is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. Light is located at the junction of U.S. Route 412 and Arkansas Highway 228 west of Paragould. Light has a post office with ZIP code 72439....

Lorado Lunsford Otwell Payneway Payneway, Arkansas Payneway is an unincorporated community in Little River Township, Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. It is located west of Marked Tree near the intersection of Arkansas Highway 463 and Arkansas Highway 14.... Pitts Rivervale Rivervale, Arkansas Rivervale is an unincorporated community in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States, approximately five miles north of Lepanto.The Rivervale Tunnel, an engineering project in which one river flows under another, is located near Rivervale.-External links:*... Stacy Stonewall Walcott Walcott, Arkansas Walcott is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. Walcott is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 141 and Arkansas Highway 168 west of Paragould. Walcott has a post office with ZIP code 72474.... Whitehall Whitehall, Poinsett County, Arkansas Whitehall, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Scott Township, Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. Whitehall is located at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 1 and Arkansas Highway 214....

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 145,093 people, 57,077 households, and 40,029 families residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the CSA was 91.68% White, 5.70% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.78% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.75% of the population.

The median income for a household in the CSA was $29,937, and the median income for a family was $36,754. Males had a median income of $28,178 versus $20,228 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

for the CSA was $15,527.