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12/21/2016 |
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Arkansas population base grows by more than 10,000 new residents in 2015, moves closer to 3 million |
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By Wesley Brown
TBP
The number of Arkansas residents increaased by 10,395 people in the lat year as new births and native and foreign-born migrants moving to the Natural State grew the population base to nearly 3 million, according to the US Census Bureau's estimates released Tuesday (Dec. 20).
Arkansas' total population now stands at 2,988,248, up 0.3% from 2,977,853 a year ago. Nationally, the US population grew by 0.7% to 323.1 million. Furthermore, the population of voting-age residents, adults age 18 and over, grew to 249.5 million, making up 77.2% of the population in 2016, an incerase of 0.9% from 2015 (247.3 million).
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