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Sebastian County Facts

Census Statistics

	Sebastian County	Arkansas
Population, 2003 estimate	117,252	2,725,714
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.9%	2.0%
Population, 2000	115,071	2,673,400
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	15.5%	13.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.4%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.0%	25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.0%	14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.2%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	82.3%	80.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	6.2%	15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.7%	1.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.7%	1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	6.7%	3.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	80.0%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	49.9%	53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.9%	2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	9.4%	5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	76.6%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.6%	16.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	23,408	576,471
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.3	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	50,156	1,202,028
Homeownership rate, 2000	63.5%	69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	23.1%	13.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$73,300	$72,800?
Households, 2000	45,300	1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000	2.49	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$33,889	$32,182
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,424	$16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.6%	15.8%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	3,282	62,725
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	72,110	995,521
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.1%	0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,647	152,871
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	4,319,262	45,185,963
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,360,634	21,643,695
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,844	$8,575
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	5.8%	6.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.2%	22.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	642	12,436
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	547,035	18,371,896
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	536	52,068
Persons per square mile, 2000	214.6	51.3
Metropolitan Area	Fort Smith, AR-OK MS	?
FIPS Code	131	05

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