Sevier County, Arkansas

administration
Sevier County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	De Queen
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 115 North 3rd De Queen, AR 71832
Foundation :	October 17, 1828
Made up from:	Hempstead County Miller County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	17,058 (2010)
Population density :	11.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1506 km²
Water surface :	45 km²
map

Website : www.seviercounty-ar.gov

The Sevier County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is De Queen . 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 southwest Arkansas, borders Oklahoma to the west , is about 30 km from Texas in the south and has an area of 1,506 square kilometers, of which 45 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Polk County
McCurtain County, Oklahoma		Howard County
	Little River County	Hempstead County

history

Sevier

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	634	-
1840	2810	343.2%
1850	4240	50.9%
1860	10,516	148%
1870	4492	-57.3%
1880	6192	37.8%
1890	10,072	62.7%
1900	16,339	62.2%
1910	16,616	1.7%
1920	18.301	10.1%
1930	16,364	-10.6%
1940	15,248	-6.8%
1950	12,293	-19.4%
1960	10.156	-17.4%
1970	11,272	11%
1980	14,060	24.7%
1990	13,637	-3%
2000	15,757	15.5%
2010	17.058	8.3%
1830-1890 1900-1990 2000 2000 2010 Sevier County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Sevier County was formed on October 17, 1828 from parts of Hempstead County and Miller County. It was named after Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801-1848), a member of the Territorial Congress and later one of the first US - Senators from Arkansas.

Demographic data

The census of 2000 after living 15,757 people in Sevier County; 5,708 households and 4,223 families were counted. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.61 percent white, 4.94 percent African American, 1.82 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 11.84 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.61 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 19.72 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

Of the 5,708 households, 36.4 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers, and 26.0 percent were non-families. 22.8 percent of all households were single households and 11.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.19.

28.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 and 24, 27.7 percent between 25 and 44, 21.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.1 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there was an average of 97.0 males.

The median income for a household in the 30,144 USD , and the median income for a family 34,560 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,709 versus $ 17,666 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,122. 14.4 percent of families and 19.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.