Marion County, Arkansas

administration
Marion County courthouse in Yellville
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Yellville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 545 Yellville, AR 72687-0545
Foundation :	September 25, 1836
Made up from:	Izard County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	16,653 (2010)
Population density :	10.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1658 km²
Water surface :	110 km²
map

The Marion County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Yellville . 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 far north of Arkansas, borders Missouri to the north and has an area of 1,658 square kilometers, of which 110 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Taney County, Missouri	Ozark County, Missouri
Boone County		Baxter County
	Searcy County

history

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1325	-
1840	2308	74.2%
1850	6192	168.3%
1860	3979	-35.7%
1870	7907	98.7%
1880	10,390	31.4%
1890	11,377	9.5%
1900	11,377	0%
1910	10,203	-10.3%
1920	10.154	-0.5%
1930	8876	-12.6%
1940	9464	6.6%
1950	8609	-9%
1960	6041	-29.8%
1970	7000	15.9%
1980	11,334	61.9%
1990	12.001	5.9%
2000	16,140	34.5%
2010	16,653	3.2%
1830-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Marion County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Marion County was formed on September 25, 1836 from parts of Izard County as Searcy County and renamed in 1836 in honor of Francis Marion (1732–1795), a general in the American Revolutionary War .

Yellville, the district capital, was taken over from the Indians by white settlers and is one of the oldest settlements in the United States. In the past, Yellville was under Spanish, French and American administration. After that it belonged to Louisiana - territory , to Missouri - territory and later to Arkansas - territory .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Marion County had 16,653 people in 6,750 households. The population density was 10.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.44 people lived in each of the 6,750 households.

18.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 33,617 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,032. 20.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.