Yell County, Arkansas
The Yell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Danville. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located north-west of the geographical center of Arkansas and has an area of 2,457 square kilometers, of which 54 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Yell County was formed on December 5, 1840 from parts of Pope County and Scott County. It was named after Archibald Yell (1797-1847), the second governor of Arkansas ( 1840-1844 ).
Demographic data
2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Yell County 21,139 people in 7,922 households and 5,814 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 86.63 percent White, 1.47 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 0.69 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 8.99 percent from other races groups; 1.62 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 12.73 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,922 households out of which 33.6 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 58.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers, 26.6 percent were non-families. 23.2 percent of all households were single-person households, and 11.8 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size is 3.04 people.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 to 24, 28.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.5 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 96.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 28,916, and the median income for a family $ 33,409. Males have a median income of $ 23,172, women $ 18,148. The per capita income was $ 15,383. 11.7 percent of families and 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Yell County
- Alpha
- Aly
- Belleville
- Birta
- Blue Ball
- Bluffton
- Briggsville
- Carden Bottoms
- Centerville
- Chalybeate Springs
- Chickalah
- Chula
- Corinth
- Cotton Town
- Crossroads
- Danville
- Dardanelle
- Elberta
- Fowler
- Gravelly
- Gum Tree
- Havana
- Hickory Grove
- Kingston
- Lakeview
- Lone Pine
- Macedonia
- Marvin Ville
- Mickles
- Mosley
- Mount George
- New Neely
- Ola
- Old Neely
- Onyx
- Petit Jean
- Pisgah
- Plainview
- Pleasant Hill
- Prosperity
- Quarry Heights
- Ranger
- Rover
- Shark
- Sills
- Stafford
- Steve
- Stillwater
- Sulphur Springs
- Walnut Grove
- Waltreak
- Waveland
- Whitehall
- Wing
- Young Gravelly
Townships
- Bluffton Township
- Briggsville Township
- Centerville Township
- Compton Township
- Crawford Township
- Danville Township
- Dardanelle Township
- Dutch Creek Township
- Ferguson Township
- Galla skirt Township
- Gilkey Township
- Gravelly Hill Township
- Herring Township
- Ion Creek Township
- Lamar Township
- Magazines Township
- Mason Township
- Mountain Township
- Prairie Township
- Richland Township
- Riley Township
- Rover Township
- Sulphur Springs Township
- Ward Township
- Waveland Township