A town of 39,743, settled in 1839. Home to 57 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Pine Bluff does most differently from other towns.
1880 · 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps -…12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 57 places on the National Register.
1938
Cotton pickers boarding truck to take them to cotton fields
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Ordered by what stands out in Pine Bluff. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Pine Bluff home is worth about $73,000, down 2% in a year, 68% below the Arkansas typical home.
17 miles of trails across 14 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pine Bluff Regional Park | 5.9 mi | 921 |
| 2. Martin Luther King Jr. Park | 1.8 mi | 114 |
| 3. Central Park | 0.3 mi | 8 |
Pine Bluff beats the Arkansas average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| What stands out | Pine Bluff | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 8.2% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.3% | 14.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 21.4% | 10.4% |
Pine Bluff reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 99% report less.
The public schools Pine Bluff’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 97% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Aspire Academy Hazel St. Pine Bluff | K–5 | 469 | A |
| Coleman Elementary School | 2–5 | 426 | D |
| Thirty-Fourth Street Elementary School | K–6 | 399 | D− |
| Matthews Elementary School | K–6 | 367 | Not graded |
| Southwood Elementary School | K–6 | 345 | D− |
| Broadmoor Elementary School | K–6 | 283 | D− |
48% of Pine Bluff’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Little Rock (13%), North Little Rock (3%) and White Hall (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.
Pine Bluff has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 33°, and about 3 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
3 colleges in town.
57 places in Pine Bluff on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Arkansas, United States
Pine Bluff is a city in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States, and its county seat. The population was 41,253 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Arkansas. Pine Bluff is situated in the southeast section of the Arkansas Delta and straddles the Arkansas Timberlands region to its west. Its topography is flat with wide expanses of farmland, similar to other places in the Delta Lowlands. Pine Bluff has numerous creeks, streams, and bayous, including Bayou Bartholomew, the longest bayou in the world and the second most ecologically diverse stream in the United States. Large bodies of water include Lake Pine Bluff, Lake Langhofer (Slack Water Harbor), and the Arkansa…
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