Cleveland County, Arkansas

administration
Cleveland County Courthouse in Rison, listed on the NRHP since 1977
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Rison
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 348 Rison, AR 71665-0348
Foundation :	April 17, 1873
Made up from:	Bradley County Dallas County Jefferson County Lincoln County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	8689 (2010)
Population density :	5.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1551 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

The Cleveland County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Rison .

geography

The county is located in south-central Arkansas and has an area of 1,551 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Grant County		Jefferson County
Dallas County		Lincoln County
Calhoun County	Bradley County	Drew County

history

G. Cleveland

Cleveland County was formed on April 17, 1873 from parts of Bradley County, Dallas County, Jefferson County and Lincoln County as Dorsey County . It was originally named after Stephen W. Dorsey , a US Senator from Arkansas. In 1885 it was renamed Cleveland County in honor of the newly elected President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).

On April 25, 1864, during the Civil War , the Battle of Marks Mills between Confederate and Union forces took place here, which ended in favor of the Confederate.

In 1889, a fire destroyed the County Courthouse in Toledo. The places Rison, Kingsland and New Edinburgh competed for the seat of the county administration. After several petitions, the State Supreme Court decided on April 11, 1891 for the city of Rison.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	11,362	-
1900	11,620	2.3%
1910	13,481	16%
1920	12,260	-9.1%
1930	12,744	3.9%
1940	12,570	-1.4%
1950	8956	-28.8%
1960	6944	-22.5%
1970	6605	-4.9%
1980	7868	19.1%
1990	7781	-1.1%
2000	8571	10.2%
2010	8689	1.4%
1890 1900–1990 2010 Cleveland County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Cleveland County had 8,571 people. 69 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 3,273 households and 2,513 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 84.79 percent white, 13.22 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.68 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.83 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race 1.62 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,273 households, 34.9 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 62.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers, and 23.2 percent were non-families. 21.4 percent of all households were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24, 27.7 percent between 25 and 44, 24.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 95.4 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there was an average of 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the 32,405 USD , and the median income for a family 38,164 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,282 versus $ 21,172 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,362. 11.4 percent of families and 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.