Jefferson County, Arkansas
Jefferson County Courthouse |
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administration | |
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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 |
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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
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 | |||
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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 |
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.
Places in Jefferson County
- Altheimer
- Baldwin
- Birmac
- Cornerstone
- Cottondale
- Dexter
- Doylestown
- Ellison
- Elmwood
- English
- Fairfield
- Faith
- Farelly Lake
- Ferda
- gethsemane
- Glenlake
- Hannaberry
- Hardin
- Haywood
- Henslee Heights
- Hooker
- Humphrey 1
- Jefferson
- Kearney
- Ladd
- Lake Dick
- Lake Farm
- Langford
- Leitner
- Linwood
- Madding
- Midway
- Moscow
- New Gascony
- Newtown
- Noble Lake
- Oakland Heights
- Pastoria
- Pine Bluff
- Pinebergen
- Redfield
- Reydell
- Richardson
- Rob Roy
- Rone
- Samples
- Sherrill
- Sorrells
- Sulfur Springs
- Swan Lake
- Sweden
- Tamo
- Tucker
- Wabbaseka
- Warbritton
- Watson Chapel
- West end
- White Hall
- Wilkins
- Wright
1 - partially in Arkansas County
- Barraque Township
- Bogy Township
- Bolivar Township
- Dudley Lake Township
- Dunnington Township
- Jefferson Township
- Melton Township
- Niven Township
- Old River Township
- Pastoria Township
- Plum Bayou Township
- Richland Township
- Roberts Township
- Spring Township
- Talladega Township
- Vaugine Township
- Victoria Township
- Villemont Township
- Washington Township
- Whiteville Township
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 66862. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved February 12, 2011
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
- ↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Excel ; 27 kB) Retrieved March 31, 2012
- ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved June 14, 2011
- ↑ Jefferson County, Arkansas data sheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov
Web links
- Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County
- Association of Arkansas Counties
- Local Arkansas - Jefferson County
- www.city-data.com
Coordinates: 34 ° 17 ′ N , 91 ° 57 ′ W