Lee County, Arkansas

administration
The Lee County Courthouse in Marianna, listed on the NRHP since 1995
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Marianna
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 15 East Chestnut Street Marianna, AR 72360-2326
Foundation :	April 17, 1873
Made up from:	Crittenden County Monroe County Phillips County St. Francis County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	10,424 (2010)
Population density :	6.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1604 km²
Water surface :	46 km²
map

The Lee County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Arkansas . In 2010 , the county had 10,424 residents and a population density of 6.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Marianna .

geography

The county is located in the far east of Arkansas, bordered to the east by the Mississippi River , which forms the border with Mississippi . It has an area of 1604 square kilometers, of which 46 square kilometers are water. The county is traversed by the Saint Francis River in a north-south direction . The following neighboring counties border Lee County:

	St. Francis County	Crittenden County
Monroe County		Tunica County, Mississippi
	Phillips County

history

Robert E. Lee

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	13,288	-
1890	18,886	42.1%
1900	19,409	2.8%
1910	24,252	25%
1920	28,852	19%
1930	26,637	-7.7%
1940	26,810	0.6%
1950	24,322	-9.3%
1960	21.001	-13.7%
1970	18,884	-10.1%
1980	15,539	-17.7%
1990	13,053	-16%
2000	12,580	-3.6%
2010	10,424	-17.1%
1880–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010

Lee County was formed on April 17, 1873 from parts of Crittenden County, Monroe County, Phillips County and St. Francis County. It was named after Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), a general in the US Army and in the Civil War (1861-1865), Commander in Chief of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Armed Forces of the Southern States ( Confederate States of America ).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Lee County had 10,424 people in 3,516 households. The population density was 6.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.62 people lived in each of the 3516 households.

The racial the population was composed of 43.1 percent white, 54.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. 44.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 30,494 USD . The per capita income was $ 13,103. 28.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Lee County

City

Marianna

Towns

Moro
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Unincorporated Communities

structure

Lee County is divided into twelve townships :

Townships in Lee County

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Big Creek Township	80	05-90264
Council Township	27	05-90930
Fleener Township	309	05-91302
Hampton Township	690	05-91593
Hardy Township	11	05-91602
Independence Township	5266	05-91821
Oak Forest Township	350	05-92733
Richland Township	656	05-93138
Spring Creek Township	1882	05-93273
St. Francis Township	496	05-93459
Texas Township	383	05-93600
Union Township	274	05-93699