Scott County (Arkansas)
The Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Waldron. 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 the extreme west of Arkansas, on the west by Oklahoma, and has an area of 2,326 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
2000 2010
The Scott County was formed on November 5, 1833 from parts of Crawford County, of Pope County and Pulaski County. It was named after Andrew Scott (1789-1851), a judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas - territory and delegate to the State Constitutional Convention of 1836.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 10,996 people in Scott County; were counted 4,323 households and 3,121 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 93.53 percent White, 0.23 percent African American, 1.40 percent Native American, 0.95 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.56 percent from other races groups; 1.32 percent are descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.71 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,323 households out of which 32.6 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 59.5 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers, 27.8 percent were non-families. 24.8 percent of all households were single-person households, and 11.4 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size is 2.98 people.
26.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 to 24, 26.5 percent between 25 and 44, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 101.9 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 96.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 26,412, and the median income for a family $ 30,311. Males had a median income of $ 23,118, women $ 17,127. The per capita income was $ 13,609. 15.3 percent of families and 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Scott County
- Abbott
- Anderson
- Bates
- Beauchamp
- Black Fork
- Blansett
- Blue Ball
- Boles
- Boothe
- Brawley
- Cauthron
- Cedar Creek
- Coaldale
- Elm Park
- Gipson
- Harvey
- Hon
- Lewis
- Little Texas
- Mansfield
- Needmore
- Nella
- Nola
- Olio
- Oliver
- Parks
- Puryear
- Scratch
- The Pines
- Tintop
- Union Hill
- Waldron
- Weeks
- Winfield
- Y City
Townships
- Black Fork Township
- Blansett Township
- Brawley Township
- Cauthron Township
- Cedar Township
- Coal Township
- Denton Township
- Hickman Township
- Hon Township
- Hunt Township
- James Township
- Jones Township
- Keener Township
- La Fave Township
- Lafayette Township
- Lamb Township
- Lewis Township
- Little Texas Township
- Mill Creek Township
- Mount Pleasant Township
- Mountain Township
- Oliver Township
- Parks Township
- Tomlinson Township