Sebastian County

administration
Sebastian County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Fort Smith
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 35 South 6th Fort Smith, AR 72901
Foundation :	January 10, 1851
Made up from:	Crawford County Polk County Scott County Van Buren County
Area code :	001 479
Demographics
Residents :	125,744 (2010)
Population density :	90.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1414 km²
Water surface :	25 km²
map

Website : www.sebastiancountyonline.com

The Sebastian County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Fort Smith .

geography

The county is located in northwest Arkansas, borders Oklahoma to the west and has an area of 1,414 square kilometers, of which 25 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Sequoyah County, Oklahoma	Crawford County
		Franklin County
Le Flore County, Oklahoma	Scott County	Logan County

history

William K. Sebastian

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	9238	-
1870	12,940	40.1%
1880	19,560	51.2%
1890	33,200	69.7%
1900	36,935	11.3%
1910	52,278	41.5%
1920	56,739	8.5%
1930	54,426	-4.1%
1940	62,809	15.4%
1950	64.202	2.2%
1960	66,685	3.9%
1970	79,237	18.8%
1980	95.172	20.1%
1990	99,590	4.6%
2000	115.071	15.5%
2010	125,744	9.3%
1860-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Sebastian County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Sebastian County was formed on January 10, 1851 from parts of Crawford County, Polk County, Scott County and Van Buren County. It was named after William K. Sebastian , an early Arkansas judge and US Senator .

The first European in this area was arguably Hernando de Soto when he was exploring southeast America.

In 1875, Judge Isaac Charles Parker was appointed president of the Fort Smith area and succeeded William Story as he was convicted of corruption. He quickly gained a reputation as a tough judge. He sentenced several people to death on the gallows and earned the nickname Hanging Judge . His influence brought legendary law enforcement officers such as Bass Reeves and Heck Thomas to the area, who also roamed the Indian territory in search of criminals. In the 21 years that he served there, 65 U.S. marshals died while performing their duties. Fort Smith cemented its reputation as the frontier town of the old west during this period.

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , Sebastian County had 115,071 people in 45,300 households and 30,713 families. The population density was 83 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 82.34 percent white, 6.16 percent African American, 1.57 percent Native American, 3.51 percent Asian, 0.05 percent from the Pacific island area and 3.71 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.67 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.70 percent of the population.

Of the 45,300 households, 32.8 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 52.4 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers, and 32.2 percent were non-families. 27.5 percent of all households were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.04.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 29.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there was an average of 92.1 males.

The median income for a household in the 33,889 USD , and the median income for a family 41,303 USD. Males had a median income of $ 30,056 versus $ 22,191 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,424. 10.4 percent of families and 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.