Lonoke County

administration
Lonoke County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Lonoke
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 301 North Center Street Lonoke, AR 72086-0000
Foundation :	April 16, 1873
Made up from:	Prairie County Pulaski County
Area code :	001 501
Demographics
Residents :	68,356 (2010)
Population density :	34.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2078 km²
Water surface :	94 km²
map

The Lonoke County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Lonoke . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited. Lonoke County is part of the Little Rock metropolitan area .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Arkansas and has an area of 2078 square kilometers, of which 94 square kilometers are water. It borders the following counties in a clockwise direction:

Faulkner County	White County
Pulaski County		Prairie County
	Jefferson County	Arkansas County

history

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	12,146	-
1890	19,263	58.6%
1900	22,544	17%
1910	27,983	24.1%
1920	33,400	19.4%
1930	33,759	1.1%
1940	29,802	-11.7%
1950	27,278	-8.5%
1960	24,551	-10%
1970	26,249	6.9%
1980	34,518	31.5%
1990	39,268	13.8%
2000	52,828	34.5%
2010	68,356	29.4%
1880-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Age pyramid of Lonoke County (as of 2000)

Lonoke County was formed on April 16, 1873 from Prairie County and Pulaski County. The county is the only one in Arkansas whose county capital bears the same name as the county itself. It was named after a railroad surveyor who used a massive, ancient red oak as a reference point for his survey.

Demographic data

As of the 2000 census , Lonoke County had 52,828 people in 19,262 households and 15,024 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 91.03 percent white, 6.44 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.42 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.51 percent from other ethnic groups Groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.08 percent of the population.

Of the 19,262 households, 40.3 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 63.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.6 percent were single mothers, 22.0 percent were non-families. 19.0 percent of all households were single households and 7.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.09.

28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24, 30.9 percent between 25 and 44, 21.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.4 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 35 years. Statistically, there were 96.8 males for every 100 females and an average of 93.5 males for every 100 females aged 18 and over.

The median income for a household in the 40,314 USD , and the median income for a family 46,173 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,451 versus $ 22,897 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,397. 8.1 percent of families and 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.