Newton County, Arkansas

administration
Newton County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Jasper
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 435 Court Street Jasper, AR 72641-0435
Foundation :	December 14, 1842
Made up from:	Carroll County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	8330 (2010)
Population density :	3.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2132 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

The Newton County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Jasper . 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 northwest Arkansas, about 50 km north of Missouri , and covers an area of 2,132 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It borders on the following counties:

Carroll County	Boone County
Madison County		Searcy County
	Johnson County	Pope County

history

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1758	-
1860	3393	93%
1870	4374	28.9%
1880	6120	39.9%
1890	9950	62.6%
1900	12,538	26%
1910	10,612	-15.4%
1920	11.199	5.5%
1930	10,564	-5.7%
1940	10,881	3%
1950	8685	-20.2%
1960	5963	-31.3%
1970	5844	-2%
1980	7756	32.7%
1990	7666	-1.2%
2000	8608	12.3%
2010	8330	-3.2%
1850-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Age pyramid of Newton County (as of 2000)

Newton County was formed on December 14, 1842 from parts of Carroll County. It was named after Thomas W. Newton (1804-1853), a senator in Arkansas (1844-1848) and a short-term member of the US House of Representatives (1847).

The first school was established in Mount Judea in 1860. In 1886 the Western Grove Academy was added.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Newton County had 8,330 people in 3,527 households. The population density was 3.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 3,527 households.

20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 29,403 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,528. 25.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.