Scott County, Arkansas

administration
Scott County Courthouse in Waldron
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
map

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		Yell County
	Polk County	Montgomery County

history

growth of population
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 Scott County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

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.