Nevada County (Arkansas)

administration
Nevada County Courthouse in Prescott
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Prescott
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 68 Prescott, AR 71857-0068
Foundation :	March 20, 1871
Made up from:	Columbia County Hempstead County Ouachita County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	8997 (2010)
Population density :	5.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1608 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

The Nevada County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Prescott . 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 central southwest Arkansas, about 50 km from Louisiana in the south and has an area of 1,608 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Pike County		Clark County
Hempstead County		Ouachita County
Lafayette County	Columbia County

history

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	12,959	-
1890	14,832	14.5%
1900	16.609	12%
1910	19,344	16.5%
1920	21,934	13.4%
1930	20,407	-7%
1940	19,869	-2.6%
1950	14,781	-25.6%
1960	10,700	-27.6%
1970	10.111	-5.5%
1980	11.097	9.8%
1990	10.101	-9%
2000	9955	-1.4%
2010	8997	-9.6%
1880-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Nevada County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Nevada County was formed on March 20, 1871 from parts of Columbia County, Hempstead County, and Ouachita County. It was named after the state of Nevada of the same name .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Nevada County had 8,997 people in 4,595 households. The population density was 5.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 65.9 percent white, 30.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.01 people lived in the 4,595 households.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 31,360 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,992. 21.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.