Cleburne County, Arkansas

administration
Cleburne County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Heber Springs
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 301 West Main Street Heber Springs, AR 72543-3015
Foundation :	February 20, 1883
Made up from:	Independence County Van Buren County White County
Area code :	001 501
Demographics
Residents :	25,970 (2010)
Population density :	18.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1533 km²
Water surface :	101 km²
map

The Cleburne County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Heber Springs . 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 northeastern Arkansas and has an area of 1533 square kilometers, of which 101 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Stone County	Independence County
Van Buren County
Faulkner County		White County

history

Patrick Cleburne

The Greers Ferry Dam , which dams the Little Red River here .

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	7884	-
1900	9628	22.1%
1910	11,903	23.6%
1920	12,696	6.7%
1930	11,373	-10.4%
1940	13.134	15.5%
1950	11,487	-12.5%
1960	9059	-21.1%
1970	10,349	14.2%
1980	16,909	63.4%
1990	19,411	14.8%
2000	24,046	23.9%
2010	25,970	8th %
1890 1900–1990 2010 Age pyramid of Cleburne County (as of 2000)

Cleburne County was formed on February 20, 1883 from parts of Independence County, Van Buren County and White County as the last county in Arkansas. It was named after Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (1828–1864), a general in the Confederate Army .

Demographic data

As of the 2000 census , Cleburne County had 24,046 people in 10,190 households and 7,408 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.20 percent white, 0.12 percent African American, 0.47 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.15 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.89 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.17 percent of the population.

Of the 10,190 households, 26.3 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 61.7 percent were married couples living together, 7.9 percent were single mothers, and 27.3 percent were non-families. 24.4 percent of all households were single households and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.74.

21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.6 percent between 18 and 24, 24.1 percent between 25 and 44, 26.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 21.1 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.9 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there was an average of 92.5 males.

The median income for a household in the 31,531 USD , and the median income for a family 37,273 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,844 versus $ 19,672 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,250. 9.0 percent of families and 13.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.