Polk County, Arkansas

administration
Polk County Courthouse in Mena
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Mena
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 507 Church Street Mena, AR 71953-3257
Foundation :	November 30, 1844
Made up from:	Sevier County
Area code :	001 479
Demographics
Residents :	20,662 (2010)
Population density :	9.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2234 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

The Polk County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is in Mena . 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 west of Arkansas, borders Oklahoma to the west and has an area of 2,234 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Le Flore County, Oklahoma	Scott County
		Montgomery County
McCurtain County, Oklahoma	Sevier County	Howard County

history

J.K. Polk

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1263	-
1860	4262	237.5%
1870	3376	-20.8%
1880	5857	73.5%
1890	9283	58.5%
1900	18,352	97.7%
1910	17,216	-6.2%
1920	16,412	-4.7%
1930	14,857	-9.5%
1940	15,832	6.6%
1950	14,182	-10.4%
1960	11,981	-15.5%
1970	13,297	11%
1980	17.007	27.9%
1990	17,347	2%
2000	20,229	16.6%
2010	20,662	2.1%
1850-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Polk County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Polk County was formed on November 30, 1844 from parts of Sevier County. It was named after James K. Polk (1795–1849), the eleventh President of the USA (1845–1849).

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , Polk County had 20,229 people; 8,047 households and 5,793 families were counted. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.69 percent white, 0.16 percent African American, 1.49 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.72 percent from other ethnic groups Groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race 1.67 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,047 households, 31.9 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 60.4 percent were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers, and 28.0 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent of all households were single households and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.97.

25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24, 25.0 percent between 25 and 44, 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years. Statistically, there were 97.0 males for every 100 females and an average of 94.0 males for every 100 females aged 18 and over.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,180 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,379. Males had a median income of $ 23,397 versus $ 17,294 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,063. 18.2 percent of the population and 14.0 percent of families lived below the poverty line.