Scott County, Arkansas

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Scott County is a one of the county from Arkansas's 75 counties, located in Southern Region (West South Central) of United States. It is home to over 10996 people (2000 census). It has an estimated population (as of July 2008) of 11248, It is Arkansas's 15th least populous county. The county extends throughout a territory of 898.09 sq mi (2326.04 square kilometre ), of which, 893.88 square miles (2315.14 square kilometre) of it is land and 4.21 square miles (10.9 square kilometre) of it is water, giving it the ninth largest by total area among Arkansas's county.


As of the census of 2000, there were 10996 people in the county, organized into 4323 households, and 3123 families residing in the county. The population density was 12.3 people per square mile (4.75/kmē), it is Arkansas's fourth least densely populated county. There were 4924 housing units at an average density of 5.5 per square mile (2.12/kmē). The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.98. In the county Age distribution was 26.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 or older. For every 100 males there were 98.1 females. For every 100 males age 18 and over, there were 103.6 females. The county's estimated population as of July 2008 was 11248, The racial makeup of the county was 93.45% White, 0.84% Black or African American, 1.56% American Indian, 2.76% Asian, 0.01% Native Hawaiian, and 1.38% from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $26412, it is the 19th lowest county by median household income in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The median income for a family in the county was $30311, it is the 12th lowest county by median family income in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The per capita income for the county was $13609, it is 11th poorest county by per capita income in Arkansas.

In 2000, 2425 pupils and students, of which 52.7% are male and 47.3% are female, 22.05% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 5.15% nursery or pri school, 4.16% kindergarten, 59.3% elementary school, 24.08% high school and 7.3% College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Waldron City	Scott County	5.04	4.98	0.06	3508	704.4	12193	21921
2	Mansfield City	Sebastian County, Scott County	2.24	2.22	0.02	1097	493.2	13012	26938

Year	Population
April 2000 census	10996
April 2000 Estimate	10995
July 2000 Estimate	10987
July 2001 Estimate	10966
July 2002 Estimate	10939
July 2003 Estimate	10935
July 2004 Estimate	10862
July 2005 Estimate	10947
July 2006 Estimate	11177
July 2007 Estimate	11263
July 2008 Estimate	11248

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	57	68	125
Kindergarten	38	63	101
Elementary school	760	678	1438
High school	335	249	584
College or graduate school	88	89	177

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Scott County, Arkansas	$26412	$30311	$13609
Arkansas, United States	$32182	$38663	$16904
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587