Jackson County, Arkansas

administration
Jackson County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Newport
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 641 Newport, AR 72112-0641
Foundation :	November 5, 1829
Made up from:	Independence County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	17,997 (2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1661 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Website : www.jacksoncountyar.org

The Jackson County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Newport .

geography

The county is located in northeast Arkansas and has an area of 1661 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Lawrence County	Craighead County
Independence County		Poinsett County
White County	Woodruff County	Cross County

history

A. Jackson

The former Jackson County Courthouse in Jacksonport, listed on the NRHP since 1970

The Newport Bridge over the White River , listed on the NRHP

Jackson County was formed on November 5, 1829 from parts of Independence County. It was named after Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), the seventh President of the USA (1829-1837).

The district capital has changed five times. In detail these were: Litchfield (1831), Elizabeth (1839), Augusta (1852), Jacksonport (1854) and Newport from 1892.

Since there were no independent parishes or towns at the time the county was formed, the first county seat was established in the home of early pioneer Thomas Wideman. The house was almost in the center of the county. In 1832 they moved to the newly built Litchfield, 3 km away, which was the first permanent settlement. The place was named after Thomas Litchfield, a former member of the General Assembly of Independence County.

In 1836 the first ferry across the Black River was opened by Robert Dunbar.

In January 1998, Arkansas opened two high-security prisons in Newport. The Scott Grimes Correctional Facility for young men and the Ronald McPherson Correctional Facility for women, with a total capacity of 1,700 inmates.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	333	-
1840	1540	362.5%
1850	3086	100.4%
1860	10,493	240%
1870	7268	-30.7%
1880	10,877	49.7%
1890	15,179	39.6%
1900	18,383	21.1%
1910	23,501	27.8%
1920	25,446	8.3%
1930	27,943	9.8%
1940	26,427	-5.4%
1950	25,912	-1.9%
1960	22,843	-11.8%
1970	20,452	-10.5%
1980	21,646	5.8%
1990	18,944	-12.5%
2000	18,418	-2.8%
2010	17,997	-2.3%
1830-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Jackson County had 17,997 people in 6,862 households. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 79.8 percent white, 16.7 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 6,862 households.

21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 28,987 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,124. 28.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.