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DIVERSITY
A Look at How Northwest Arkansas’ Population is ChangingABOUT THIS REPORT NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DIVERSITY
Friends, Northwest Arkansas’ diversity today looks nothing like it did in 1990 when 95.82 percent of the
population was white and Hispanic/Latinos accounted for just 1.3 percent of the population.
Northwest Arkansas is growing and changing. Driven by economic
White Hispanic/ Asian African- Native Pacific Other
opportunity and the low cost of living, our region continues to grow, Latino American American Islander
become younger and increasingly more diverse. This is good news for
us all.
1990 2010
In addition to increasing cultural diversity that enriches everyday life in 11,008 2.38%
69,087
Northwest Arkansas, foreign-born residents contribute billions of dollars 8,98 1 1.94%
3,117 1.30% 14.92% 6,997 1.5 1%
to our economy each year. This impact will continue to grow, and going 1,476 0.62% 5,068 1.09%
forward, it is critical that we take steps to integrate everyone who 1,807 0.76% 8,76 1 1.89%
chooses to live here into the social and economic fabric of the region. 3,593 1.50%
We know that diverse communities perform better economically, and in 229,466 76 0.03% 353,302
our increasingly global economy, the regions that embrace these 95.82% POPULATION: 76.27% POPULATION:
challenges of bringing diverse communities together will thrive. 239,464 463,204
We put this summary together to show the breadth of minority 2017 2022
populations in the region and present information about how our region
will change over the next five years. Northwest Arkansas is changing by
86,597 16,920 3.22% 104,042
the day. We must take proactive steps to harness the talents and energy 22,435 3.86%
16.49% 12,920 2.46% 17.89%
of everyone who chooses to make this region home to ensure that it 16,690 2.87%
7,997 1.52% 8,832 1.52%
remains one of the nation’s best places to live and work. 7,876 1.50% 10,201 1.75%
384,866 7,856 1.50% 403,930 15,501 2.67%
Nelson Peacock
President and CEO 73.30% 69.45%
POPULATION: POPULATION:
Northwest Arkansas Council 525,032 581,621GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
The economic contributions of people from all over the world to the
Northwest Arkansas economy cannot be overstated. Those who contribute
include people who move to the region from other parts of the U.S. and from
other counties as well as students attending local colleges and universities.
For Walmart to be successful, we need diversity
of thought, gender and every other dimension
“Global Talent: The Economic Engine of Northwest Arkansas,” a report to be that creative, winning business.
published in 2016, found that the foreign-born population contributed
$3.1 billion to the region’s economy in 2014.
– Doug McMillon
It’s with that economic importance in mind that the Northwest Arkansas President and CEO, Walmart
Council created initiatives focused on maximizing inclusion efforts that
benefit the entire region, unlock the full potential of all members of the
Northwest Arkansas community, and position the region as a globally
competitive 21st Century leader.
Researchers have documented that students’ exposure
WelcomeNWA works with Northwest Arkansas counties and cities to to other students who are different from themselves
implement policies and strategies that attract, welcome and integrate all who and the novel ideas and challenges that such exposure
choose to call Northwest Arkansas home. brings leads to improved cognitive skills,
including critical thinking and problem solving.
EngageNWA works to broaden integration and engagement of the business
community and recent graduates to strengthen the regional economy and
position Northwest Arkansas as a community of engaged global talent.
– Amy Stuart Wells, Lauren Fox, Diane Cordova-Cobo
Columbia University’s Teachers College,
Visit www.welcomenwa.org or www.engagenwa.com to learn more about “How Racially Diverse Schools and Classrooms
the work that’s occurring to make living in Northwest Arkansas easier Can Benefit All Students,” February 2016
for newcomers.PEER REGIONS
The Northwest Arkansas Council identified a select group of high-performing peer The consensus at the time the strategy was developed was that it made sense to
regions and used them as benchmarks in its creation of the Greater Northwest make comparisons to contemporary, high-performing metropolitan statistical areas
Arkansas Development Strategy. Given the importance of diversity and inclusion to such as Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa; Madison, Wisc.; Austin-Round Rock,
local economies, diversity statistics about those regions are included in this report. Texas; Raleigh, N.C.; and Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
Asian African-American Hispanic/Latino 34.5%
33.1%
11.6% 12.3% 31.4%
40% 40% 11.3%
11.7%
10.7%
10.1%
30% 30% 4.4% 5.2% 5.8%
7.1% 27.1% 27.0% 26.6%
5.8%
17.9% 4.4%
20% 16.4% 20%
8.6% 20.2% 20.2% 20.3%
14.9%
7.7% 6.6%
6.7% 5.9%
5.2% 5.8% 6.4%
10% 5.1% 10% 4.8%
4.3% 6.1%
3.9% 5.1%
3.9% 3.0% 7.4% 7.5% 7.5%
2.4% 3.2% 4.7% 5.5% 6.0%
4.3% 4.5% 4.8%
0% 1.9% 2.4% 2.9%
0%
2010 2017 2022 2010 2017 2022 2010 2017 2022 2010 2017 2022 2010 2017 2022 2010 2017 2022
Des Moines-
Northwest Arkansas West Des Moines Raleigh Durham-Chapel Hill Madison Austin-Round RockFAYETTEVILLE
City Population Diversity Changes by Year No other city in Northwest Arkansas will have three groups —
Projected Hispanic/Latinos, Asians and African-Americans — account for at least
The population is projected to increase from percentage of
73,580 to 93,555 between 2010 and 2022 4 percent of the city’s population by 2022. One unique fact about the
total population
by 2022 Fayetteville School District is how its population is impacted by the diversity
of students and faculty at the University of Arkansas. The Fayetteville
8,541
8,000
9.13% schools have 130 students who listed Arabic as their home language, and
the district’s number of students from counties such as Russia, Iraq and
6,961 Saudi Arabia is larger than it is at any school district in the region.
6,452
6,000
7.44% School District Diversity
4,725
5,696 4,391 Top languages Origins of birth
4,000
4.69% Students in Fayetteville schools Students in Fayetteville schools
4,379 speak 56 languages are from 54 places
3,344 Number of speakers Number of students*
2,000
2,267 English 8,835 United States 4,018
266 388
0.41%
172 Spanish 779 Mexico 63
0
Arabic 130 Saudi Arabia 30
2010 2017 2022 Chinese 79 Iraq 29
Marshallese 51 Russia 14
African- Hispanic/ Pacific
Asian
American Latino Islander
* The Fayetteville School District didn't begin collecting
data about students' origin of birth until 2013.
Total Fayetteville School
Enrollment: 10,050SPRINGDALE
Projected
City Population Diversity Changes by Year percentage of Springdale, the region’s second largest city, has the largest population of
total population Hispanic/Latinos and Pacific Islanders. The Hispanic/Latino population
The population is projected to increase from
69,797 to 86,327 between 2010 and 2022 by 2022 approaches 30,000 now, and it should be close to 35,000 within five years.
34,177 The Pacific Islander population, which is primarily people who are from the
29,347
39.59% Marshall Islands, may be far larger than U.S. Census Bureau statistics show.
Some estimates indicate the Marshallese population in Springdale already
30,000 exceeds 12,000. Springdale is the only large city in the region where white
24,762 non-Hispanics account for less than 50 percent of the population.
School District Diversity
20,000
Top languages Origins of birth
Students in Springdale schools Students in Springdale schools
speak 45 languages are from 72 places
8.72%
10,000
5,880 7,525 Number of speakers Number of students
3,976 English 9,896 United States 19,829
653 1,268 1,418
1.99% Spanish
Marshallese
9,100
2,659
Marshall Islands
Mexico
1,095
514
0 172
2010
805
2017
864
2022 2.67% Laotian; Pha Xa Lao
Vietnamese
78
51
El Salvador 303
Guatemala 57
African- Hispanic/ Pacific
Asian
American Latino Islander Total Springdale School Enrollment: 22,011ROGERS/LOWELL
City Population Diversity Changes by Year Projected The combined population of Hispanic/Latinos in Rogers and Lowell is just
percentage of about equal to those cities’ non-Hispanic white population. Spanish is listed
The population is projected to increase from total population
63,291 to 82,015 between 2010 and 2022 as the home language for about 42 percent of the Rogers School District
by 2022
students. What’s true in Rogers and many Northwest Arkansas school
27,503 districts is that increasing numbers of Hispanic/Latino students are born in
23,409
33.53% the U.S. rather than the home counties of their parents. Only Springdale has
a larger Hispanic/Latino population in the region.
19,437
20,000
School District Diversity
Top languages Origins of birth*
Students in Rogers schools Students in Rogers schools
10,000 speak 49 languages are from 56 places
1,626 2,441 3,267
3.98%
Number of speakers Number of students
864 1,374 1,914
394 513 English 8,492 United States 8,572
171
2.33% Spanish
Marshallese
6,581
217
El Salvador
Mexico
201
189
0
2010 2017 2022 0.63% Vietnamese
Hmong
58
25
Marshall Islands
Guatemala
90
28
African- Hispanic/ Pacific
Asian
American Latino Islander * The Rogers School District hasn’t collected Total Rogers School
origins of birth for all of its students.
Enrollment: 15,622BENTONVILLE/BELLA VISTA
City Population Diversity Changes by Year While the Hispanic/Latino population is currently larger than the number of
Projected Asians in the combined population of Bentonville and Bella Vista, each group
The population is projected to increase from
percentage of will represent about 8 percent of the population by 2022. The statistics
61,762 to 83,192 between 2010 and 2022
total population provided by the Bentonville School District show a significant number of
by 2022
students listing home languages of Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and other languages
6,629
7.97% spoken primarily in India.
6,000 5,308 6,627 7.97%
School District Diversity
3,762 4,902
4,000 Top languages Origins of birth
2,827
Students in Bentonville schools Students in Bentonville schools
3,060 1,948 3.40% speak 63 languages are from 71 places
2,000 Number of speakers Number of students
1,050
English 14,648 United States 16,339
164 212
0.25%
Spanish 1,142 India 335
93
0
Telugu 203 Mexico 89
2010 2017 2022 Tamil 146 El Salvador 23
Hindi 102 China 14
African- Hispanic/ Pacific
Asian
American Latino Islander Total Bentonville School Enrollment: 16,894SILOAM SPRINGS
City Population Diversity Changes by Year As is the case throughout Northwest Arkansas, most racial and ethnic
groups in Siloam Springs will see their percentage of the city’s overall
The population is projected to increase from Projected
15,039 to 18,203 between 2010 and 2022 percentage of population rise over the next five years, including Hispanic/Latinos, Asians
total population and African-Americans. Hispanic/Latinos account for 22.2 percent of the
4,531 by 2022 city’s 15,000 residents, but Hispanic students represent 30 percent of the
Siloam Springs School District’s enrollment. The city has the region’s largest
4,000 3,708 24.89% group of Native Americans with about 900 accounting for 5.5 percent of
the city’s population.
3,128
3,000
School District Diversity
Top languages Origins of birth
2,000 Students in Siloam Springs schools Students in Siloam Springs schools
speak 25 languages are from 31 places
234 284 374 Number of speakers Number of students
1,000
119
7
168
15
232
21
2.05% English 3,160 United States 4,086
0
1.27% Spanish
Hmong
1,003
51
El Salvador
Mexico
80
34
2010 2017 2022 0.12% Vietnamese
Marshallese
17
12
Guatemala
Puerto Rico
16
14
African- Hispanic/ Pacific
Asian
American Latino Islander Total Siloam Springs School Enrollment: 4,281REFERENCES
Resources and Acknowledgements
For purposes of this report, all references to Northwest Arkansas mean it describes how the region’s population changed between 1990 and
the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area. That 2014. Northwest Arkansas changed from 1.3 percent Hispanic/Latino in
area includes Benton, Madison and Washington counties in Arkansas 1990 to 15.5 percent in 2014.
and McDonald County, Mo.
Primary information used in this report comes from the U.S. Census
There are excellent resources to learn more about Arkansas’ and Bureau as well as Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), an
Northwest Arkansas’ increasingly diverse populations. Most of those international supplier of information about such things as
resources are accessible on websites. communities’ economies, populations, demographics and jobs.
“A Profile of Immigrants in Arkansas” was published by the Winthrop For this report, Esri provided the projections for how populations will
Rockefeller Foundation in 2013. The foundation that same year change in Northwest Arkansas by 2022. The Northwest Arkansas
published a second volume of the report, focusing on the economic and Council subscribes to the Esri information service.
fiscal benefits and costs of the state’s immigrant populations.
Officials at Northwest Arkansas’ largest school districts provided
Another excellent resource is “Demographic Profile: Northwest information about the diversity of their student populations. The
Arkansas.” Published in 2015 by the Cisneros Center for New Americans, school information was collected in December 2017.You can also read
