Jackson County Facts

Census Statistics

	Jackson County	Arkansas
Population, 2003 estimate	17,443	2,725,714
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-5.3%	2.0%
Population, 2000	18,418	2,673,400
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-2.8%	13.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.7%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.2%	25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.5%	14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.3%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	80.6%	80.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	17.6%	15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.0%	1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.3%	3.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	79.9%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	65.6%	53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.5%	2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.1%	5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	66.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	10.3%	16.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	4,607	576,471
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.2	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	8,045	1,202,028
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.6%	69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	11.2%	13.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$45,300	$72,800?
Households, 2000	6,971	1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000	2.40	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$25,081	$32,182
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,564	$16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	17.4%	15.8%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	437	62,725
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	4,932	995,521
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-4.7%	0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	780	152,871
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	199,910	45,185,963
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	152,420	21,643,695
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,524	$8,575
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	6.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	14.3%	22.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	5	12,436
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	214,718	18,371,896
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	634	52,068
Persons per square mile, 2000	29.1	51.3
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	067	05

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