Hamburg is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 2,976 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Hamburg is the 124th largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hamburg is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.0% of the Hamburg workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Hamburg is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hamburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.22%), sales jobs (8.79%), and management occupations (5.98%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Hamburg work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Hamburg is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hamburg Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Hamburg with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.30% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hamburg in 2000 was $14,599, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $58,396 for a family of four.

Hamburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hamburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hamburg is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hamburg include English, German, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Hamburg is English. Some people also speak Spanish.