Jefferson County, Arkansas

administration
Jefferson County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Pine Bluff
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 W Barraque Street Pine Bluff, AR 71601-0000
Foundation :	November 2, 1829
Made up from:	Arkansas County Pulaski County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	77,435 (2010)
Population density :	33.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2366 km²
Water surface :	75 km²
map

Website : www.jeffersoncountyark.com

The Jefferson County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Pine Bluff .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Arkansas and has an area of 2366 square kilometers, of which 75 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Pulaski County	Lonoke County
Grant County		Arkansas County
Cleveland County		Lincoln County

history

T. Jefferson

Jefferson County was formed on November 2, 1829 from parts of Arkansas County and Pulaski County. It was named after the US President Thomas Jefferson .

The district court building, built in 1838, had been used as such until 1976 when it was destroyed by fire.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	772	-
1840	2566	232.4%
1850	5834	127.4%
1860	14,971	156.6%
1870	15,733	5.1%
1880	22,386	42.3%
1890	40,881	82.6%
1900	40,972	0.2%
1910	52,734	28.7%
1920	60,330	14.4%
1930	64,154	6.3%
1940	65.101	1.5%
1950	76.075	16.9%
1960	81,373	7%
1970	85,329	4.9%
1980	90.718	6.3%
1990	85,487	-5.8%
2000	84.278	-1.4%
2010	77,435	-8.1%
1830-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

Jefferson County Age Pyramid (2000)

According to the 2000 census , Jefferson County had 84,278 people in 30,555 households and 21,510 families. The population density was 37 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 48.46 percent white, 49.58 percent African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.66 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.76 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.96 percent of the population.

Of the 30,555 households, 33.1 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 47.4 percent were married couples living together, 18.8 percent were single mothers, 29.6 percent were non-families. 26.2 percent of all households were single households and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.13.

26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 10.8 percent between 18 and 24, 27.8 percent between 25 and 44, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 95.9 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there was an average of 93.4 males.

The median income for a household in the 31,327 USD , and the median income for a family 38,252 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,848 versus $ 21,867 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,417. 16.0 percent of families and 20.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.