Baxter County

administration
The Baxter County Courthouse in Mountain Home, listed on the NRHP since 1995
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Mountain Home
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Baxter County Courthouse 1 East Seventh Street Mountain Home, AR 72653
Foundation :	March 24, 1873
Made up from:	Fulton County Izard County Marion County Searcy County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	41,513 (2010)
Population density :	28.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1520 km²
Water surface :	84 km²
map

Website : www.baxtercounty.org

The Baxter County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Mountain Home .

geography

The county is located in the far north of Arkansas, borders Missouri to the north and has an area of 1,520 square kilometers, of which 84 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Ozark County, Missouri
Marion County		Fulton County
Searcy County	Stone County	Izard County

history

Baxter County was formed on March 24, 1873 from parts of Fulton County, Izard County, Marion County, and Searcy Counties. It was named after Elisha Baxter (1827–1899), the tenth governor of Arkansas (1872–1874).

The final county boundaries were set in 1881.

From 1850 steamers sailed the White River and served the transport of people and goods. Around 1900, with the construction of the railway bridge at Cotter , the railway took over this task.

The Jacob Wolf House , a two-story log cabin, in Liberty (now Norfork) served as the territorial administrative headquarters from 1828 to 1836. The Wolf House is the oldest surviving courthouse in Arkansas.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	6004	-
1890	8527	42%
1900	9298	9%
1910	10,389	11.7%
1920	10,216	-1.7%
1930	9519	-6.8%
1940	10,281	8th %
1950	11,683	13.6%
1960	9943	-14.9%
1970	15,319	54.1%
1980	27,409	78.9%
1990	31,186	13.8%
2000	38,386	23.1%
2010	41,513	8.1%
1880-1890 1900-1990, 2010 Baxter County Age Pyramid

The Bull Shoals Dam

The Cotter Bridge over the White River , listed in the NRHP

The North Fork Bridge over the White River, listed on the NRHP

Baxter County's population was 38,386 as of the 2000 census . 710 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 17,052 households and 11,799 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.81 percent white, 0.11 percent African American, 0.52 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.22 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.97 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.00 percent of the population.

Of the 17,052 households, 22.0 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.0 percent were married couples living together, 7.7 percent were single mothers, and 30.8 percent were non-families. 27.5 percent of all households were single households and 15.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.65.

19.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 5.8 percent between 18 and 24, 21.1 percent between 25 and 44, 27.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 26.8 percent were 65 years or older. The mean age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 92.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there was an average of 89.1 males.

The median income for a household in the 29,106 USD , and the median income for a family 34,578 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,976 versus $ 18,923 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,859. 7.9 percent of families and 11.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.