The Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, is an area consisting of two 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...

 and Poinsett – in northeast 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...

, anchored by the city of Jonesboro

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...

. 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 MSA had a population of 107,762 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 120,139). It is also part of the larger Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area

Jonesboro-Paragould combined statistical area

The Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties in northeastern Arkansas. The CSA consists of the Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Paragould Micropolitan Statistical Area...

.

Places with 1,000 to 3,000 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....
  
  
• 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 ....
  
  

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 ....
  
  
• 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 ....
  
  
• 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

• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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
• 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

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of 2000, there were 107,762 people, 42,327 households, and 29,321 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 89.68% White, 7.63% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.88% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $29,492, and the median income for a family was $36,473. Males had a median income of $28,500 versus $20,154 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 MSA was $15,089.

See also

• Arkansas metropolitan areas
  Arkansas Metropolitan Areas
  The State of Arkansas has a total of eight metropolitan statistical areas that are fully or partially located in the state. Twenty of the state's 75 counties are classified by the United States Census Bureau as metropolitan....
  
  
• List of cities in Arkansas
• List of United States metropolitan areas