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. The CSA was created by the Census Bureau in 2005. As of the 2020 census, the CSA had a population of 183,113. (2026 estimates have it ~190,100)
Counties Craighead Greene Poinsett
Cities and towns
Places with more than 75,000 inhabitants Jonesboro (Principal city) Pop: 82,491
Places with more than 25,000 inhabitants Paragould (Principal city) Pop: 31,261
Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants Trumann Pop: 7,480 Marked Tree Pop: 2,178 Harrisburg Pop: 2,211 Bono Pop: 3,011 Lake City Pop:2,815 Lepanto Pop: 1,611 Bay Pop: 2,392 Brookland Pop: 4,853 Monette Pop: 1,662 Caraway Pop: 1,074 Marmaduke Pop: 1,291
Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants Oak Grove Heights Pop: 889 Tyronza Pop: 762 Weiner Pop: 716 Lafe Pop: 458 Cash Pop: 342 Fisher Pop: 273 Black Oak Pop: 262 Delaplaine Pop: 116 Egypt Pop: 112 Waldenburg Pop: 61
Unincorporated places Beech Grove Bowman Brighton Fontaine Greene High Greenfield Halliday Herman Hooker Light Lorado Lunsford Otwell Payneway Pitts Rivervale Stacy Stonewall Walcott Whitehall Goobertown
Demographics As of the census 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, 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 for the CSA was $15,527.
See also Arkansas statistical areas
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