Yell County

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Yell County Courthouse
Yell County Courthouse
administration
US state : Arkansas
Administrative headquarters : Danville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 219
Danville, AR 72833-0219
Foundation : December 5, 1840
Made up from: Pope County
Scott County
Area code : 001 479
Demographics
Residents : 22,185  (2010)
Population density : 9.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2457 km²
Water surface : 54 km²
map
Map of Yell County within Arkansas
Website : yellcounty.net

The Yell County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Danville . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Arkansas and has an area of ​​2,457 square kilometers, of which 54 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Logan County Pope County Conway County
Scott County Compass card (de) .svg Perry County
Montgomery County Garland County

history

A. Yell
The Spring Lake Bridge over the Bob Barnes Branch , listed on the NRHP

Yell County was formed on December 5, 1840 from parts of Pope County and Scott County. It was named after Archibald Yell (1797-1847), the second governor of Arkansas (1840-1844).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 3341 -
1860 6333 89.6%
1870 8048 27.1%
1880 13,852 72.1%
1890 18,015 30.1%
1900 22,750 26.3%
1910 26,323 15.7%
1920 25,655 -2.5%
1930 21,313 -16.9%
1940 20,970 -1.6%
1950 14,057 -33%
1960 11,940 -15.1%
1970 14,208 19%
1980 17,026 19.8%
1990 17,759 4.3%
2000 21,139 19%
2010 22,185 4.9%
1850-1890 1900-1990

2000 2010

Yell County Age Pyramid (2000)

As of the 2000 census , Yell County had 21,139 people in 7,922 households and 5,814 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 86.63 percent white, 1.47 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 0.69 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.99 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.62 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 12.73 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,922 households, 33.6 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 58.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers, and 26.6 percent were non-families. 23.2 percent of all households were single households and 11.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.04.

25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24, 28.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.5 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there was an average of 96.3 males.

The median income for a household in the 28,916 USD , and the median income for a family 33,409 USD. Males had a median income of $ 23,172 versus $ 18,148 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,383. 11.7 percent of families and 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Yell County

Townships

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 69908. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.Retrieved February 13, 2011
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
  5. ↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) ( MS Excel ; 27 kB) Retrieved on March 31, 2012
  6. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved August 4, 2011
  7. ↑ Yell County, Arkansas Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Yell County, Arkansas  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ′  N , 93 ° 27 ′  W