The Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of two counties – Craighead and Poinsett – in northeast

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, anchored by the city of Jonesboro. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 121,026 (a July 1, 2012 estimate has placed the population at 124,042). It is also part of the larger Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area.

Counties

* Craighead * Poinsett

Cities and towns

Places with more than 60,000 inhabitants

* Jonesboro (Principal city)

Places with 3,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Trumann

Places with 1,000 to 3,000 inhabitants

* Bay * Bono * Brookland *

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* Lake City * Lepanto * Marked Tree * Monette

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

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* Tyronza * Waldenburg * Weiner

Unincorporated places

* Bowman * Greenfield *

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* Lunsford * Otwell * Payneway * Pitts *

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Demographics

As of the

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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%

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, 7.63%

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, 0.31% Native American, 0.50%

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, 0.02%

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, 0.88% from

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, and 0.98% from two or more races.

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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

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for the MSA was $15,089.

References

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