Stone County, Arkansas

administration
The Stone County Courthouse in Mountain View, listed on the NRHP since 1976
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Mountain View
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1427 Mountain View, AR 72560-1427
Foundation :	April 17, 1873
Made up from:	Independence County Izard County Searcy County Van Buren County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	12,394 (2010)
Population density :	7.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1578 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
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The Stone County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Mountain View . 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 north-central Arkansas and has an area of 1,578 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Baxter County		Izard County
Searcy County		Independence County
Van Buren County	Cleburne County

history

Stone County was formed on April 17, 1873 from parts of Independence County, Izard County, Searcy County and Van Buren County. It was named after the significant rock formations in the area.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	5089	-
1890	7043	38.4%
1900	8100	15%
1910	8946	10.4%
1920	8779	-1.9%
1930	7993	-9%
1940	8603	7.6%
1950	7662	-10.9%
1960	6294	-17.9%
1970	6838	8.6%
1980	9022	31.9%
1990	9775	8.3%
2000	11,499	17.6%
2010	12,394	7.8%
1880-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Stone County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Stone County's population was 11,499 as of the 2000 census . 141 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 4,768 households and 3,461 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.27 percent white, 0.08 percent African American, 0.77 percent Native American, 0.05 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.15 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.64 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.08 percent of the population.

Of the 4,768 households, 26.9 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 62.3 percent were married couples living together, 7.1 percent were single mothers, 27.4 percent were non-families. 24.8 percent of all households were single households and 11.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.82 people.

22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.1 percent between 18 and 24, 23.6 percent between 25 and 44, 28.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 18.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 96.9 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there was an average of 95.3 males.

The median income for a household in the 22,209 USD , and the median income for a family 28,009 USD. Males had a median income of $ 20,904 versus $ 16,118 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,134. 14.1 percent of families and 18.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.