Union County, Arkansas

administration
The Union County Courthouse in El Dorado, listed on the NRHP since 1983
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	El Dorado
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 North Washington El Dorado, AR 71730
Foundation :	November 2, 1829
Made up from:	Clark County Hempstead County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	41,639 (2010)
Population density :	15.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2733 km²
Water surface :	42 km²
map

Website : unioncountyar.com

The Union County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is El Dorado .

geography

The county is located in the extreme south of Arkansas, borders Louisiana and has an area of 2,733 square kilometers, of which 42 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by the following counties and parishes:

Ouachita County	Calhoun County	Bradley County
Columbia County		Ashley County
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana	Union Parish (Louisiana)	Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

history

Union County was formed on November 2, 1829 from parts of Clark County and Hempstead County.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	640	-
1840	2889	351.4%
1850	10,298	256.5%
1860	12,288	19.3%
1870	10,571	-14%
1880	13,419	26.9%
1890	14,977	11.6%
1900	22,495	50.2%
1910	30,723	36.6%
1920	29,691	-3.4%
1930	55,800	87.9%
1940	50,461	-9.6%
1950	49,686	-1.5%
1960	49,518	-0.3%
1970	45,428	-8.3%
1980	48,573	6.9%
1990	46,719	-3.8%
2000	45,629	-2.3%
2010	41,639	-8.7%
1830-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Union County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Confederate Monument in El Dorado, listed in the NRHP since 1996

Union County had a population of 45,629 people as of the 2000 census . 983 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 17,989 households and 12,646 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 66.15 percent white, 31.97 percent African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.40 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.46 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.77 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.14 percent of the population.

Of the 17,989 households, 32.2 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 51.3 percent were married couples living together, 15.2 percent were single mothers, 29.7 percent were non-families. 26.9 percent of all households were single households and 12.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.00.

25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.6 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were an average of 86.0 males.

The median income for a household in the 29,809 USD , and the median income for a family 36,805 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,868 versus $ 19,740 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,063. 14.7 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.