Drew County

administration
Drew County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Monticello
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 210 South Main Street Monticello, AR 71655-4730
Foundation :	November 26, 1846
Made up from:	Arkansas County Bradley County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	18,509 (2010)
Population density :	8.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2164 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map

The Drew County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Monticello .

geography

The county is almost in the extreme southeast of Arkansas; it is about 22 miles east of the Mississippi River , which forms the border with Tennessee . Louisiana is about 50 km to the south. Drew County covers an area of 2,164 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Cleveland County	Lincoln County	Desha County
Bradley County
	Ashley County	Chicot County

history

Thomas Drew

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3276	-
1860	9078	177.1%
1870	9960	9.7%
1880	12,231	22.8%
1890	17,352	41.9%
1900	19,451	12.1%
1910	21,960	12.9%
1920	21,822	-0.6%
1930	19,928	-8.7%
1940	19,831	-0.5%
1950	17,959	-9.4%
1960	15,213	-15.3%
1970	15,157	-0.4%
1980	17,910	18.2%
1990	17,369	-3%
2000	18,723	7.8%
2010	18,509	-1.1%
1850-1890 1900-1990 2010 Drew County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Drew County was formed on November 26, 1846 from parts of Arkansas County and Bradley County. It was named after Thomas Stevenson Drew (1802–1879), the fourth governor of Arkansas (1844–1849).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Drew County had 18,509 people in 7,704 households. The population density was 8.6 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 68.8 percent white, 27.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, 2.30 people lived in the 7,704 households.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 31,676 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,789. 23.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.