Columbia County (Arkansas)
The Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Magnolia. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located in southwest Arkansas, on the south by Louisiana and has an area of 1,986 square kilometers, of which two square miles are water. It borders the following counties and parishes:
History
The Columbia County was formed on December 17, 1852 from parts of Hempstead County, Lafayette County and the Quachita County. It was named after Columbia, the poetical name for the United States in the 20th century.
The first control surveys in 1854 showed that there were slaves in 1675 in Columbia County, with a total population of about 6,000 inhabitants. 1860, when the first census in this county 12,449 people were registered. Of these, 3599 slaves.
The relative isolation and lack of transport routes designed the inter-regional trade extremely difficult. Columbia County was the only county in Arkansas, which had no connection to navigable rivers. This situation changed with the connection to the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad. 1882 the first cotton was shipped with a railroad car.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Columbia County 25 603 people in 9981 households and 6,747 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 62.08 percent White, 36.06 percent Black or African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.46 percent from other races groups. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.77 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 9,981 households out of which 30.1 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 48.9 percent were married couples living together, 15.1 percent were single mothers, 32.4 percent were non-families. 29.2 percent of all households were single-person households, and 13.8 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size is 3.03 people.
25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 12.3 percent between 18 to 24, 25.3 percent between 25 and 44, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 90.9 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 86.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,640, and the median income for a family $ 36,271. Males have a median income of $ 31,313, women $ 20,099. The per capita income was $ 15,322. 15.8 percent of families and 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Columbia County
- Atlanta
- Bethel
- Box Springs
- Brister
- Bussey
- Calhoun
- Calhoun Junction
- College Hill
- Damascus
- Dodson
- Ebenezer
- Emon
- Experiment
- Forest Grove
- Free Hope
- Friendship
- Harmony
- Horsehead
- Hunt
- Jefferson
- Johnston
- Kerlin
- Lamartine
- Laughlin
- Lumber
- Lydesdale
- Macedonia
- Magnesia Springs
- Medlock
- Noxobe
- Owens
- Partee
- Philadelphia
- Plainfield
- Rocky Mound
- Sharman
- Shiloh
- Snipe
- Spot Ville
- Talley
- Tide Water
- Village Junction
- Walker
- Walkerville
- Walnut Grove
- Warnock Springs
- Welcome
Townships
- Emerson Township
- Magnolia Township
- McNeil Township
- Taylor Township
- Village Township
- Waldo Township