Searcy County, Arkansas
The Searcy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Marshall. 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 northern Arkansas, about 50 km away from the border with Missouri and has an area of 1,728 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Searcy County was formed on December 13, 1838 from parts of Marion County. It was named for Richard Searcy, an early pioneer of the Arkansas Territory.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Searcy County 8,261 people in 3,523 households and 2,466 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 97.26 percent White, 0.04 percent African American, 0.75 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.45 percent from other races groups; 1.34 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.04 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 3,523 households out of which 27.9 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 58.5 percent were married couples living together, 7.7 percent were single mothers, 30.0 percent were non-families. 28.0 percent of all households were single-person households, and 14.3 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size is 2.83 people.
22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.9 percent between 18 to 24, 24.5 percent between 25 and 44, 26.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 94.8 males.
The median income for a household was $ 21,397, and the median income for a family $ 27,580. Males have a median income of $ 21,768, women $ 16,276. The per capita income was $ 12,536. 17.8 percent of families and 23.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Searcy County
Citys
- Leslie
- Marshall
Towns
- Big Flat1
- Gilbert
- Pindall
- Saint Joe
Unincorporated communities
- Cozahome
- Harriet
- Witts Springs
1 - partially in Baxter County
- Baker
- Baker Hollow
- Bear Creek
- Blanco
- Booster
- Campbell
- Canaan
- Dongola
- Duff
- Elberta
- Eula
- Fairview
- Imo
- Kay
- Landis
- Lone Pine
- Magic Springs
- Marsena
- Maumee
- Morningstar
- Noah
- Oxley
- Point Peter
- Rock Springs
- Rumley
- Silver Hill
- Snowball
- Tola
- Tomahawk
- Watts
- Wiley's Cove
- Woolum
- Pow
Townships
- Bear Creek No.. 4 Township
- Bear Creek No.. 5 Township
- Bear Creek No.. 6 Township
- Calf Creek Township
- Long Creek Township
- Mount Pleasant Township
- Oxley Township
- Prairie Township
- Red River Township
- Rock Creek Township
- Shady Grove Township
- Spring Township
- St. Joe Township
- Tomahawk Township
- Wiley's Cove Township