Clark County, Arkansas

administration
Clark County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Arkadelphia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse Courthouse Square Arkadelphia, AR 71923-0000
Foundation :	December 15, 1818
Made up from:	Arkansas County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	22,995 (2010)
Population density :	10.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2286 km²
Water surface :	44 km²
map

Website : www.clarkcountyarkansas.com

The Clark County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Arkadelphia . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in central southwest Arkansas and has an area of 2,286 square kilometers, of which 44 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Montgomery County		Hot Spring County
Pike County		Dallas County
Nevada County		Ouachita County

history

William Clark

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	1040	-
1830	1369	31.6%
1840	2309	68.7%
1850	4070	76.3%
1860	9735	139.2%
1870	11,953	22.8%
1880	15,771	31.9%
1890	20,997	33.1%
1900	21,289	1.4%
1910	23,686	11.3%
1920	25,632	8.2%
1930	24,932	-2.7%
1940	24,402	-2.1%
1950	22,998	-5.8%
1960	20,950	-8.9%
1970	21,537	2.8%
1980	23,326	8.3%
1990	21,437	-8.1%
2000	23,546	9.8%
2010	22,995	-2.3%
1820-1890 1900-1990 2010 Clark County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Clark County was formed on December 15, 1818 from parts of Arkansas County. It was named after William Clark (1770-1838), a governor of Missouri - the territory of the Member and Lewis and Clark Expedition .

The county's borders were revised five times until they have been consolidated in their current form since 1877.

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , Clark County had 23,546 people in 8,912 households and 5,819 families. The population density was ten inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 74.28 percent white, 22.02 percent African American, 0.46 percent Native American, 0.62 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.37 percent from other ethnic groups Groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race 1.20 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8912 households, 29.8 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 49.8 percent were married couples living together, 12.2 percent were single mothers, and 34.7 percent were non-families. 27.6 percent of all households were single households and 12.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91.

21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 20.0 percent between 18 and 24, 23.8 percent between 25 and 44, 19.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 32 years. Statistically, there were 92.7 males for every 100 females and an average of 88.9 males for every 100 females aged 18 and over.

The median income for a household in the 28,845 US dollars , and the median income for a family 37,092 dollars. Males had a median income of $ 28,692 and females $ 19,886. The per capita income was $ 14,533. 13.5 percent of families and 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.