1. Start with the geographic question, not a demand claim
The U.S. Census Bureau records Texarkana as a municipality in Miller County, Arkansas. Its 2020–2024 ACS 5-year population estimate is 29,177, with a margin of error of 21. That figure describes the city’s population; it does not establish legal demand, website traffic, call volume, competition or likely case intake. For your firm, the practical question is how your service area relates to Texarkana and Miller County. A visitor’s location may be relevant to eligibility, venue, office ownership or referral handling, but that decision belongs in your intake rules rather than in a population assumption.
Recommended approach
Map the locations your firm actually serves and decide which location questions are necessary. If Texarkana is one service area among several, make location a qualification question only when it changes eligibility, routing or follow-up. Treat the Census geography as context for planning, not as a forecast.
