Lafayette County, Arkansas

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Lafayette County Courthouse
Lafayette County Courthouse
administration
US state : Arkansas
Administrative headquarters : Lewisville
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
2 Courthouse Square
Lewisville, AR 71845-8801
Foundation : October 15, 1827
Made up from: Hempstead County
Area code : 001 870
Demographics
Residents : 7645  (2010)
Population density : 5.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1412 km²
Water surface : 48 km²
map
Map of Lafayette County within Arkansas
Website : www.lafayettecounty.arkansas.gov

The Lafayette County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Lewisville . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in southwest Arkansas, borders Louisiana to the south , is about 30 km from Texas to the west and has an area of ​​1,412 square kilometers, 48 ​​square kilometers of which are water. It is bordered by the following counties and parishes:

Hempstead County Nevada County
Miller County Compass card (de) .svg Columbia County
Caddo Parish
(Louisiana)
Bossier Parish
(Louisiana)
Webster Parish
(Louisiana)

history

La Fayette
growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1830 748 -
1840 2200 194.1%
1850 5220 137.3%
1860 8464 62.1%
1870 9139 8th %
1880 5730 -37.3%
1890 7700 34.4%
1900 10,594 37.6%
1910 13,741 29.7%
1920 15,522 13%
1930 16,934 9.1%
1940 16,851 -0.5%
1950 13,203 -21.6%
1960 11,030 -16.5%
1970 10,018 -9.2%
1980 10,213 1.9%
1990 9643 -5.6%
2000 8559 -11.2%
2010 7645 -10.7%
1830-1890 1900-1990

2000 2010

Lafayette County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Lafayette County was formed on October 15, 1827 from parts of Hempstead County.

It was named after the Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834), a French politician and general who took part in the American Revolutionary War on the colonists' side and also played an important role in the French Revolution .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Lafayette County had 7,645 people in 3,130 households. The population density was 5.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 60.7 percent white, 37.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

Statistically, there were 2.45 people each in the 3,130 households.

21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 27,951  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,593. 25.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Lafayette County

Townships

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 66864. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 2, 2011
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
  5. 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.census.gov
  6. United States Census 2010.Retrieved October 2, 2011
  7. ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.Retrieved February 12, 2011
  8. US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Lafayette County ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 2, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov

Web links

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Coordinates: 33 ° 16 ′  N , 93 ° 36 ′  W