Financial Literacy in Perry County, Arkansas

With a population of roughly 10,251, Perry County, Arkansas is the 59th-largest of 75 counties in Arkansas. The population has grown 2.5% since 2020, from 10,003 to 10,251. The median age is 44.1.

17.1% of Perry County residents 25 and older have completed a bachelor's degree or more. That runs 3 points above the Arkansas average of 14.1%. Put the other way round: of the 7,238 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, roughly 6,000 — 82.9% — are building their financial lives without a four-year degree behind them.

The typical household here earns $60,078 a year. That is $12,578 above the Arkansas median. About 15.6% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $129,300, roughly 2.2× median household income.

Perry County by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	10,251
Change since 2020	+2.5%
Median household income	$60,078
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	17.1%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	91.7%
Median age	44.1
Poverty rate	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%
Median home value	$129,300
Land area	551.336 sq mi
Population density	19 / sq mi

What Arkansas teaches — and to whom

Arkansas requires personal finance instruction, but folds it into another course rather than a class of its own — so how much a student actually gets depends heavily on the district and the teacher. Coverage like that varies enormously between districts, and it reaches no one who has already graduated.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to; Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used.

Where to start in Perry County

Start with the money that moves every month

For most households in Perry County, the fastest gain is not an investing strategy — it is seeing the recurring outflows clearly, knowing what a credit score actually responds to, and understanding which line items on a payslip are negotiable.

Questions people ask about Perry County

Do high school students in Perry County, Arkansas have to take a personal finance class?

Arkansas requires personal finance content, but delivers it inside another course rather than a dedicated class, so the depth varies by district and teacher.

How many adults in Perry County, Arkansas have a college degree?

17.1% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 82.9% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in Perry County, Arkansas?

$60,078, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Perry County, Arkansas learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.