Paris is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 3,670 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Paris is the 101st largest community in Arkansas.

When you are in Paris, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.8% of Paris's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Paris is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Paris who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.11%), teaching (6.79%), and sales jobs (6.72%).

Paris is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Paris isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.28% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small city, Paris does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Paris Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Paris is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.39% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Paris in 2000 was $14,738, 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 $58,952 for a family of four.

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

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