Garland County, Arkansas

The Garland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. In the census in 2010, the County had 96 024 inhabitants and a population density of 54.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hot Springs.

Geography

The County is located west of the geographic center of Arkansas, and has an area of 1903 square kilometers, of which 149 square kilometers of water surfaces. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Garland County was formed on April 5, 1873 from parts of Saline County. It was named after Augustus Hill Garland, a governor of Arkansas, U.S. Senator and Attorney General.

The first settlers: Already in 1807 heard Jean Pierre Emanuel Prudhomme, the ailing owner of a plantation on the Red River, on the hot thermal water of Indians. He built the first real settlement in the sources and lived there for two years. Isaac Cates and John Percival, two trappers from Alabama, joined him. Cates was mainly a trapper, but Percival envisioned a great future for the area in front and built log homes in order to rent out to the increasing number of visitors to the sources.

1828 Ludovicus Belding came with his wife and children to visit the hot springs. After a few months he built a small hotel for visitors to the sources.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census of 2000, there were 88 068 people in Garland County. Of these, 1,861 people lived in collective centers, the other inhabitants living in 37 813 households, and 25,259 families. The population density was 50 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 88.85 percent White, 7.80 percent African American, 0.61 percent Native American, 0.50 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.72 percent from other races groups; 1.49 percent are descended from two or more races. 2.56 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, were members of the various groups mentioned.

Of the 37 813 households out of which 25.1 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 53.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers, 33.2 percent were non-families. 28.8 percent of all households were single-person households, and 13.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size is 2.78 people.

21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.3 percent between 18 and 24, 25.2 percent between 25 and 44, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 21.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 90.8 males.

The median income for a household was $ 31,724, and the median income for a family $ 38,079. Males have a median income of $ 28,117, women $ 20,421. The per capita income was $ 18,631. 10.5 percent of families and 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Garland County

Citys

Hot Springs
Mountain Pine

Towns

Fountain Lake
Lonsdale

Census-designated places (CDP )

Hot Springs Village1
Lake Hamilton
Piney
Rockwell

Unincorporated communities

Bucksville
Jessieville
Ozark Lithia

Pearcy
Royal
Shorewood Hills
Sunshine

1 - partially in Saline County

Avant
Bear
Blakely
Blue Springs
Chandler
Crystal Springs
Crystal Springs Landing
Euclid Heights
Hamilton
Hempwallace
Lake Catherine
Lofton
Maddox
Meyers
Mount Tabor
Mountain Valley
Old Bonnerdale
Grandma
Petty View
Pleasant Hill
Price
Red Oak

Townships

Hale Township
Hot Springs township
Lake Hamilton Township
Whittington Township

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