Scott County, Arkansas
![]() Scott County Courthouse in Waldron |
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US state : | Arkansas |
Administrative headquarters : | Waldron |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse 100 W. 1st Street Suite 1 Waldron, AR 72958-7104 |
Foundation : | November 5, 1833 |
Made up from: |
Crawford County Pope County Pulaski County |
Area code : | 001 479 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 11,233 (2010) |
Population density : | 4.9 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 2326 km² |
Water surface : | 11 km² |
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The Scott County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Waldron . 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 2,326 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:
Sebastian County | Logan County | |
Le Flore County, Oklahoma |
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Yell County |
Polk County | Montgomery County |
history
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1840 | 1694 | - | |
1850 | 3083 | 82% | |
1860 | 5145 | 66.9% | |
1870 | 7483 | 45.4% | |
1880 | 9174 | 22.6% | |
1890 | 12,635 | 37.7% | |
1900 | 13,183 | 4.3% | |
1910 | 14.302 | 8.5% | |
1920 | 13,232 | -7.5% | |
1930 | 11,803 | -10.8% | |
1940 | 13,300 | 12.7% | |
1950 | 10,057 | -24.4% | |
1960 | 7297 | -27.4% | |
1970 | 8207 | 12.5% | |
1980 | 9685 | 18% | |
1990 | 10.205 | 5.4% | |
2000 | 10,996 | 7.8% | |
2010 | 11,233 | 2.2% | |
1840-1890 1900-1990
2000 2010 |
The Scott County was formed on November 5, 1833 from parts of Crawford County, Pope County and Pulaski County. It was named after Andrew Scott (1789-1851), a Supreme Court Justice for the Arkansas Territory and delegate of the State Constitutional Convention of 1836.
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census , Scott County had 10,996 people; 4,323 households and 3,121 families were counted. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.53 percent white, 0.23 percent African American, 1.40 percent Native American, 0.95 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 2.56 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.32 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.71 percent of the population.
Of the 4,323 households, 32.6 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.5 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers, and 27.8 percent were non-families. 24.8 percent of all households were single households and 11.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.98.
26.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24, 26.5 percent between 25 and 44, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 37 years. Statistically, there were 101.9 males for every 100 females and an average of 96.6 males for every 100 females aged 18 and over.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 26,412 , and the median income for a family is $ 30,311. Males had a median income of $ 23,118 versus $ 17,127 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,609. 15.3 percent of families and 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Scott County
- Black Fork Township
- Blansett Township
- Brawley Township
- Cauthron Township
- Cedar Township
- Coal Township
- Denton Township
- Hickman Township
- Hon Township
- Hunt Township
- James Township
- Jones Township
- Keener Township
- La Fave Township
- Lafayette Township
- Lamb Township
- Lewis Township
- Little Texas Township
- Mill Creek Township
- Mount Pleasant Township
- Mountain Township
- Oliver Township
- Parks Township
- Tate Township
- Tomlinson Township
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 69179. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing - Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 15, 2011
- ↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Excel ; 27 kB) Retrieved March 31, 2012
- ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved August 30, 2011
- ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.Retrieved February 13, 2011
- ↑ Scott County, Arkansas data sheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov
Web links
- US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Scott County
- Yahoo Image Search - Scott County
- www.city-data.com - Scott County
- Association of Arkansas Counties
Coordinates: 34 ° 53 ′ N , 94 ° 4 ′ W