Pine Bluff is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 39,495 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Pine Bluff is the tenth largest community in Arkansas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pine Bluff is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pine Bluff is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Bluff who work in office and administrative support (8.91%), teaching (8.02%), and sales jobs (7.58%). 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 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Pine Bluff, 22.17% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pine Bluff in 2022 was $21,170, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,680 for a family of four. However, Pine Bluff contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pine Bluff is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pine Bluff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Bluff residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pine Bluff include African, English, Irish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Pine Bluff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
