Pine Bluff is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 54,618 people and 21 constituent neighborhoods, Pine Bluff is the sixth largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pine Bluff is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pine Bluff is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Bluff who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.32%), sales jobs (9.97%), and teaching (6.16%).

One of the benefits of Pine Bluff is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.94 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

One notable thing about Pine Bluff is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Pine Bluff is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Pine Bluff Information and Demographics

The population of Pine Bluff overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Pine Bluff, 17.58% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pine Bluff in 2000 was $14,637, 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 $58,548 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Pine Bluff is English.