Pike County, Arkansas

administration
Pike County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Murfreesboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 219 Murfreesboro, AR 71958-0219
Foundation :	November 1, 1833
Made up from:	Clark County Hempstead County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	11,291 (2010)
Population density :	7.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1590 km²
Water surface :	28 km²
map

The Pike County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . At the 2010 census , the county had 11,291 people and a population density of 7.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Murfreesboro . 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 and has an area of 1,590 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Montgomery County
Howard County		Clark County
	Hempstead County	Nevada County

history

Z. Pike

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	969	-
1850	1861	92.1%
1860	4025	116.3%
1870	3788	-5.9%
1880	6345	67.5%
1890	8537	34.5%
1900	10.301	20.7%
1910	12,565	22%
1920	12,397	-1.3%
1930	11,792	-4.9%
1940	11,786	-0.1%
1950	10,032	-14.9%
1960	7864	-21.6%
1970	8711	10.8%
1980	10,373	19.1%
1990	10,086	-2.8%
2000	11.303	12.1%
2010	11,291	-0.1%
1840-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Pike County's population pyramid as of 2000

Pike County was formed on November 1, 1833 from parts of Clark County and Hempstead County. It was named after Zebulon Pike (1779-1813), an American officer and explorer, after whom the mountain Pikes Peak in Colorado was named.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Pike County's population was 11,291 in 4,345 households. The population density was 7.2 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 90.0 percent white, 2.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.4 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.46 people lived in the 4,345 households.

22.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 41.8 percent were between 19 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 33,328 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,536. 18.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.