Perry County Facts

Census Statistics

	Perry County	Arkansas
Population, 2003 estimate	10,461	2,725,714
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.5%	2.0%
Population, 2000	10,209	2,673,400
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	28.1%	13.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.3%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.3%	25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.8%	14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	95.6%	80.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.7%	15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	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	1.1%	1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.2%	3.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	95.1%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.4%	53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.8%	2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.9%	5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	73.8%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.1%	16.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,634	576,471
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	36.1	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	4,780	1,202,028
Homeownership rate, 2000	82.2%	69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	2.8%	13.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$58,700	$72,800?
Households, 2000	3,989	1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000	2.52	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$31,083	$32,182
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,216	$16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.0%	15.8%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	126	62,725
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	633	995,521
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.6%	0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	725	152,871
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	45,185,963
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	18,952	21,643,695
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$2,011	$8,575
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	6.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	22.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	6	12,436
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	55,039	18,371,896
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	551	52,068
Persons per square mile, 2000	18.5	51.3
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	105	05

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