Phillips County, Arkansas

administration
Phillips County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1977
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Helena-West Helena
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 600 Cherry Street Helena-West Helena, AR 72342-3306
Foundation :	May 1, 1920
Made up from:	Arkansas County Hempstead County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	21,757 (2010)
Population density :	12.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1884 km²
Water surface :	90 km²
map

The Phillips County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Arkansas . In 2010 , the county had 21,757 residents and a population density of 12.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is the city of Helena-West Helena , which was merged in 2006 from Helena and West Helena .

geography

The county is located in east Arkansas between the White River in the west and the Mississippi River , which forms the border with Mississippi in the east . In the far northeast of the county is the confluence of the Saint Francis River in the Mississippi. The Phillips County and has an area of 1884 square kilometers, of which 90 square kilometers are water surface. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Monroe County	Lee County	Tunica County, Mississippi
		Coahoma County, Mississippi
Arkansas County	Desha County	Bolivar County, Mississippi

history

Phillips County was formed on May 1, 1920 from parts of Arkansas County and Hempstead County. It was named after Sylvanus Phillips , the first white settler known by name in the area and a member of the territorial government. On July 4, 1863, the Battle of Helena between the Northern and Southern states took place here during the Civil War .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	1197	-
1830	1152	-3.8%
1840	3547	207.9%
1850	6935	95.5%
1860	14,877	114.5%
1870	15,372	3.3%
1880	21,262	38.3%
1890	25,341	19.2%
1900	26,561	4.8%
1910	33,535	26.3%
1920	44,530	32.8%
1930	40,683	-8.6%
1940	45,970	13%
1950	46,254	0.6%
1960	43,997	-4.9%
1970	40,046	-9%
1980	34,772	-13.2%
1990	28,838	-17.1%
2000	26,445	-8.3%
2010	21,757	-17.7%
1820–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010

Jerome Bonaparte Pillow House , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2010 census , Phillips County had 21,757 people in 8,325 households. The population density was 12.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.64 people lived in each of the 8,325 households.

The racial the population was composed of 35.6 percent white, 62.7 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 53.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 27,361 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,244. 32.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Phillips County localities

Citys

Towns

Lexa

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - consisting of the formerly independent cities of Helena and West Helena}

structure

Map of Phillips County Townships

Phillips County is divided into 13 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Big Creek Township	425	05-90273
Cleburne Township	660	05-90849
Cleveland Township	198	05-90870
Cypress Township	152	05-91005
Hickory Ridge Township	1550	05-91704
Hicksville Township	231	05-91707
Hornor Township	9697	05-91767
Lake Township	41	05-92094
Marion Township	589	05-92391
Mooney Township	179	05-92547
Spring Creek Township	4746	05-93276
St. Francis Township	1789	05-93462
Tappan Township	1500	05-93573