Little River County

administration
The Little River County Courthouse in Ashdown, listed on the NRHP since 1976
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Ashdown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 351 North 2nd Street Ashdown, AR 71822-2753
Foundation :	March 5, 1867
Made up from:	Hempstead County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	13,171 (2010)
Population density :	9.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1463 km²
Water surface :	86 km²
map

The Little River County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Ashdown . 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 the extreme southwest of Arkansas on the Red River , which forms the northern and eastern borders of the county. Little River County borders Texas to the south and Oklahoma to the west and has an area of 1,463 square kilometers, of which 86 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Sevier County	Howard County
McCurtain County, Oklahoma		Hempstead County
	Bowie County, Texas	Miller County

history

Little River County was formed on March 5, 1867 from parts of Hempstead County. It was named after the Little River , a tributary of the Red River.

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	3236	-
1880	6404	97.9%
1890	8903	39%
1900	13,731	54.2%
1910	13,597	-1 %
1920	16.301	19.9%
1930	15,515	-4.8%
1940	15,932	2.7%
1950	11,690	-26.6%
1960	9211	-21.2%
1970	11,194	21.5%
1980	13,952	24.6%
1990	13,966	0.1%
2000	13,628	-2.4%
2010	13,171	-3.4%
1870-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

The land in and around Little River County is rich and fertile. It contains an abundance of limestone in some areas near White Cliffs, Okay, and Foreman. In 1893, the Western Portland Cement Company built a cement plant near White Cliffs, although now only its ruins remain. The Ideal Cement Company later built a cement plant near Okay that would produce quality cement for years. It was later sold to a German company that refused to carry out the expensive repairs required. Years later, the Foreman Cement Company , owned by the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company , built a new cement plant and manufactured quality cement. Eventually, the Foreman Cement Company became the primary cement producer in southwest Arkansas. Even today there is still a manufacturing plant and an important employer, owned by the Ash Grove Cement Company in Kansas City, Kansas .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Little River County had 13,171 people in 5,513 households. The population density was 9.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 75.5 percent white, 19.1 percent African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.7 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 5,513 households.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 34,776 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,036. 15.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.