Des Arc (Arkansas)

Prairie County

05-18550

Des Arc is a city in Prairie County, Arkansas. In 2000, the County Seat of the village in the north of Arkansas counties had 1933 inhabitants.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 5.3 km ², of which 5.3 km ² of land and only a very small proportion ( = 00:49 % ) is attributable to water.

Demographics

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were Des Arc 1933 people. The population density was 365.9 people per km ². There were 850 housing units at an average 160.9 per km ². The population consisted of 83.03 % White, 14.80% Black or African American, 0.31 % Native American, 0.31 % Asian, 0.62 % reported from other races, and 0.93 % from two or more races. 1.29 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Des Arcs distributed to 783 households out of which 30.0% were living in children under 18 years. 48.3% married couples living together, 16.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7 % were non-families. 29.4 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 15.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size is 2.93.

The city population was spread out with 24.6 % under the, 7.4 % 18 -24- year-old, 25.7 % 25 -44- year-old, 23.0% 45-64 year olds and 19.2 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 83.5 men.

The median household income in Des Arc was 23,750 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 28,264 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 26,250 U.S. dollars, compared to 17,500 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Des Arc was 14,629 U.S. dollars. 20 % of the population and 16.3 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 32.2 % of minors and 12.9 % of those age 65 or over.