Sharp County

administration
Sherman Bates House in Hardy
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Ash Flat
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 307 Ash Flat, AR 72513-0307
Foundation :	July 18, 1868
Made up from:	Lawrence County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	17,264 (2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1570 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.sharpcounty.org

The Sharp County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Ash Flat . 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 northeast Arkansas, borders Missouri with the northern tip and has an area of 1,570 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Fulton County	Oregon County, Missouri	Randolph County

Izard County	Independence County	Lawrence County

history

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	5400	-
1880	9047	67.5%
1890	10,418	15.2%
1900	12.199	17.1%
1910	11,688	-4.2%
1920	11,132	-4.8%
1930	10,715	-3.7%
1940	11,497	7.3%
1950	8999	-21.7%
1960	6319	-29.8%
1970	8233	30.3%
1980	14,607	77.4%
1990	14,109	-3.4%
2000	17,119	21.3%
2010	17,264	0.8%
1870-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Sharp County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Sharp County was formed on July 18, 1868 from parts of Lawrence County. It was named after Ephraim Sharp , a member of the Arkansas government and representative of Lawrence, Randolph, and Greene Counties.

Demographic data

As of the 2000 census , Sharp County had 17,119 people in 7,211 households and 5,141 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.14 percent white, 0.49 percent African American, 0.68 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.16 percent from other ethnic groups Groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race 1.39 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,211 households, 25.8 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.1 percent were single mothers, and 28.7 percent were non-families. 25.6 percent of all households were single households and 14.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.79 people.

21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.3 percent between 18 and 24, 22.8 percent between 25 and 44, 25.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 23.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 92.4 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were an average of 90.2 males.

The median income for a household in the 25,152 USD , and the median income for a family 29,691 USD. Males had a median income of $ 23,329 versus $ 16,884 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,143. 13.2 percent of families and 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.