Union County (Arkansas)

The Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is El Dorado.

Geography

The County is located in the extreme south of Arkansas, bordering Louisiana and has an area of ​​2,733 square kilometers, of which 42 square kilometers are water surface. It borders the following counties and parishes:

History

Union County was formed on November 2, 1829 from parts of Clark County and the Hempstead County.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census of 2000, there were 45 629 people in Union County. Of these, 983 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 17,989 households and 12,646 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 66.15 percent White, 31.97 percent Black or African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.40 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.46 percent from other races groups; 0.77 percent are descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.14 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17,989 households out of which 32.2 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 51.3 percent were married couples living together, 15.2 percent were single mothers, 29.7 percent were non-families. 26.9 percent of all households were single-person households, and 12.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size is 3.00.

25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.3 percent between 18 to 24, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.6 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 86.0 males.

The median income for a household was $ 29,809, and the median income for a family $ 36,805. Males have a median income of $ 31,868, women $ 19,740. The per capita income was $ 16,063. 14.7 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Union County

Citys

  • Calion
  • El Dorado
  • Huttig
  • Junction City
  • Norphlet
  • Smackover
  • Strong

Town

  • Felsenthal

Unincorporated communities

  • Bolding
  • Lawson
  • Mount Holly
  • Pleasant Grove
  • Urbana
  • Aurelle
  • Blanchard Springs
  • Cairo
  • Caledonia
  • Cargile
  • Catesville
  • Champagnolle
  • Cornie
  • Crain City
  • Dodge City
  • Dollar Junction
  • Dumas City
  • Foster Hill
  • Gardner
  • Herma
  • Hillsboro
  • Kenova
  • Kinard
  • Lapile
  • Lisbon
  • Marysville
  • McGlendon Mill
  • New Caledonia
  • New Hope
  • New London
  • Newell
  • Nick Springs
  • Nugulf
  • Old Lapile
  • Old Union
  • Parkers Chapel
  • Payne
  • Quinn
  • Ritchie
  • Sandy Bend
  • Sandyland
  • Sawmill
  • Shuler
  • Smith
  • Smithville
  • Three Creeks
  • Union
  • Victoria
  • Wesson

Townships

  • Boone Township
  • Cornie Township
  • El Dorado Township
  • Franklin Township
  • Garner Township
  • Harrison Township
  • Henderson Township
  • Jackson Township
  • Johnson Township
  • Lapile Township
  • Norphlet township
  • Smackover Township
  • Tubal Township
  • Van Buren Township
  • Wesson Township
  • Wilmington Township
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