Hempstead County, Arkansas

The Hempstead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hope. 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, is in the southwest about 25 km from Texas, the west about 50 miles from Oklahoma, in the south about 50 miles from Louisiana and has an area of 1920 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Hempstead County was formed on December 15, 1818 from parts of Arkansas County. It was named after Edward Hempstead (1780-1817), of the Missouri from 1812 to 1814 - U.S. Territory - represented the House of Representatives.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2010 lived in Hempstead County 22 609 people in 8,949 households. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 59.4 percent white, 29.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 12.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 8,949 households lived statistically 2.43 per person.

25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 30,735. The per capita income was $ 17,207. 27.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Hempstead County

Citys

• Blevins
• Emmet1
• Fulton

• Hope
• McCaskill
• Oakhaven

• Ozan
• Perrystown
• Washington

Towns

• McNab
• Patmos

Unincorporated communities

• Centerville
• Clow
• Columbus

1 - partially in Nevada County

• Arcadia
• Battlefield
• Bingen
• Coler
• Crossroads
• Dave
• De Ann
• Deanyville
• Dotson
• Dunlap
• Garlandville
• Guernsey
• North Bingen
• Powers
• Rocky Mound
• Sheppard
• Shover Springs
• Spring Hill
• Mineral water
• Tokyo
• Wallaceburg
• Yancy

Townships

• Bodcaw Township
• Bois d' Arc Township
• De Roan Township
• Garland Township
• Mine Creek Township
• Noland Township
• Ozan Township
• Redland Township
• Saline Township
• Spring Hill Township
• Wallace Township
• Water Creek Township