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Carroll County, Arkansas (AR)



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Carroll County, AR mapCounty population in July 2007: 27,429 (28% urban, 72% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 7,440
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,749
% of renters here:  27%
State:  31%
Land area: 630 sq. mi.
Water area: 8.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 40 people per square mile 
 
 (average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This county:  15.5%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This county:  6.0%
Whole state:  6.6%

2008 cost of living index in Carroll County: 84.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (26.1%), Retail trade (12.9%), Educational,health and social services (12.3%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (12.0%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 76%
  • Government: 10%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 13%
  • Unpaid family work: 1%

Carroll County, Arkansas business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Carroll County, Arkansas:

  • White Non-Hispanic (87.7%)
  • Hispanic (9.7%)
  • Other race (3.3%)
  • American Indian (1.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:  39.4 years
Arkansas median age:  36.0 years

Males: 12,511  (49.3%)
Females: 12,846  (50.7%)
Average wage per job in 2003: $20,893
County population in 2003: 26,451
Jobs in 2003: 10,410

Carroll County,AR real estate house value trend


Total labor force in 2004: 13,438
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.8%

Average household size:
Carroll County:  2.5 people
Arkansas:  2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $30,368 ($27,924 in 2000)
This county  $30,368
Arkansas:  $34,999

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $108,796
Carroll County  $108,796
Arkansas:  $87,400

Median monthly rent in 2000: $433
Institutionalized population: 198
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Carroll County in 2000: $687


Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 0
  • Rapes: 1
  • Robberies: 0
  • Assaults: 1
  • Burglaries: 35
  • Thefts: 97
  • Auto thefts: 18

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 1
  • Rapes: 2
  • Robberies: 0
  • Assaults: 8
  • Burglaries: 35
  • Thefts: 91
  • Auto thefts: 20

Carroll County races chart


Carroll County, AR map from a distance


2004 Presidential Election results in Carroll County Arkansas:


Bush/Cheney (Republican): 59.0%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 39.7%




Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $641 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Carroll County is $402 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $482 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $608 a month.

Cities in this county include: Berryville, Green Forest, Eureka Springs, Beaver, Blue Eye.

Neighboring counties: Benton County , Boone County , Barry County, Missouri , Madison County , Newton County , Stone County, Missouri , Taney County, Missouri .


Carroll County close-up map

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable location: Elk Ranch (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Carroll County include: Berkes Community Church (A), Beulah Church (B), Zion Hill Church (C), Blackjack Church (D), Winona Springs Church (E), Boyd Church (F), White Oak Church (G), Ward Church (H), Busch Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Rule Cemetery (1), New Home Cemetery (2), Hale Cemetery (3), Rush Cemetery (4), Oak Hill Cemetery (5), Grandview Cemetery (6), Beulah Union Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Fuller Lake (A), Lake Lucerene (B), Farwell Spider Creek Lake (C), Jackson Lake (D), Beaver Lake (E), Brewer Lake (F), Lake of No Return (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Kenner Creek (A), Kenner Branch (B), Keels Creek (C), Marshall Branch (D), Mill Branch (E), Mills Branch (F), Leatherwood Creek (G), Flat Rock Creek (H), Rockhouse Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Carroll County include: Starkey Public Use Area (1), Cricket Creek Public Use Area (2), Beaver Dam Site Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Busch Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 
Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:  3.9%
Arkansas:  5.3%


Unemployment by year (%)


County total employment by year


County average yearly wages by year ($)


Current college students: 398
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,902 (19% naturalized citizens)

Carroll County:  7.5%
Whole state:  2.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 887
  • 1990 to 1994: 399
  • 1985 to 1989: 232
  • 1980 to 1984: 183
  • 1975 to 1979: 64
  • 1970 to 1974: 30
  • 1970 to 1974: 0
  • 1965 to 1969: 107


Mean travel time to work: 19.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.5%

Carroll County marital status for males
Carroll County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 8,548
  • One, attached: 97
  • Two: 330
  • 3 or 4: 470
  • 5 to 9: 253
  • 10 to 19: 34
  • 20 or more: 75
  • Mobile homes: 1,959
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 62

Housing units in Carroll County with a mortgage: 2,411 (176 second mortgage, 90 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,720


Agriculture in Carroll County
Average size of farms: 247 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $144703
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $26.61
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.24%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 99.19%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $111530
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 17.76%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.55%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $44577
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.38%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 27.89
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.01%
All wheat for grain: 200 harvested acres
Vegetables: 10 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 96 acres

Carroll County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Arkansas state average. It is 1.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 16 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/12/1961, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 14 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.



Class of Workers



Most common industries for males:



  • Food (22%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Educational services (2%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Food (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:



  • Mexico (61%)
  • Guatemala (19%)
  • El Salvador (7%)
  • Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (3%)
  • Germany (2%)
  • United Kingdom (1%)
  • Other South America (1%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Carroll County:



  • United States or American (22%)
  • German (15%)
  • English (11%)
  • Irish (11%)
  • Scotch-Irish (3%)
  • French (except Basque) (2%)
  • Italian (2%)

Carroll County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 8,329 (73%)
  • Carpooled: 1,740 (15%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 19 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 16 (0%)
  • Walked: 427 (4%)
  • Other means: 94 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 830 (7%)

People in group quarters in Carroll County, Arkansas
  • 162 people in nursing homes
  • 31 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 26 people in religious group quarters
  • 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 5 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
  • 5 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $36,292.

7.59% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,325 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.59%
Arkansas average:  7.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.84% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($10,580 average AGI)
4.75% relocated from other states ($22,745 average AGI)
Carroll County:  4.75%
Arkansas average:  3.66%



Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries


Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Washington County, AR  0.69% ($28,705 average AGI)
from Boone County, AR  0.67% ($21,831)
from Benton County, AR  0.42% ($29,649)
from Barry County, MO  0.25% ($33,591)
from Stone County, MO  0.18% ($23,750)
from Madison County, AR  0.17% ($36,467)
from Los Angeles County, CA  0.15% ($24,154)


7.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,893 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.34%
Arkansas average:  7.29%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.20% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($11,258 average AGI)
4.14% relocated to other states ($13,635 average AGI)
Carroll County:  4.14%
Arkansas average:  3.00%



Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries


Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Washington County, AR  0.96% ($20,741 average AGI)
to Benton County, AR  0.74% ($31,323)
to Boone County, AR  0.52% ($25,522)
to Barry County, MO  0.24% ($21,667)
to Stone County, MO  0.23% ($19,100)
to Taney County, MO  0.18% ($30,000)
to Madison County, AR  0.17% ($25,667)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.3



Births per 1000 population in Carroll County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.5



Deaths per 1000 population in Carroll County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.3



Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Carroll County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,593 (3,851 aged, 742 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%


Household type by relationship


Households: 25,121
  • In family households: 21,430 (5,769 male householders, 1,378 female householders)
    5,660 spouses, 6,748 children (6,013 natural, 188 adopted, 547 stepchildren), 389 grandchildren, 195 brothers or sisters, 219 parents, 418 other relatives, 654 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 3,691 (1,344 male householders (1,052 living alone)), 1,708 female householders (1,530 living alone)), 639 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 236 (199 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,582 2-persons, 1,510 3-persons, 1,188 4-persons, 533 5-persons, 183 6-persons, 151 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,582 1-person, 393 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 4 6-persons.

88.7% of residents of Carroll County speak English at home.
10.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $143,157,000 ($5391 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $26,382,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $71,141,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $26,091,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $370,000
Federal grants: $17,825,000
Federal procurement contracts: $18,127,000 ($17,112,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,602,000 ($3,868,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $364,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,879,000
Federal Government insurance: $464,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,817
Here:  67 per 1000 residents
State:  72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,299
Here:  48 per 1000 residents
State:  53 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +799
Here:  +30 per 1000 residents
State:  +8 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +368
Here:  +14 per 1000 residents
State:  +13 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Carroll County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.52 millions of gallons per day (12% from ground, 88% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  5.4
State:  5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.2
State:  4.3



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 305
  • 1995 to 1998: 1,523
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,326
  • 1980 to 1989: 2,439
  • 1970 to 1979: 2,353
  • 1960 to 1969: 1,061
  • 1950 to 1959: 756
  • 1940 to 1949: 603
  • 1939 or earlier: 1,462

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Carroll County, Arkansas:
  • 1 room: 42
  • 2 rooms: 114
  • 3 rooms: 341
  • 4 rooms: 1,218
  • 5 rooms: 2,138
  • 6 rooms: 1,652
  • 7 rooms: 931
  • 8 rooms: 471
  • 9+ rooms: 533


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carroll County, Arkansas:
  • 1 room: 59
  • 2 rooms: 247
  • 3 rooms: 453
  • 4 rooms: 834
  • 5 rooms: 594
  • 6 rooms: 337
  • 7 rooms: 106
  • 8 rooms: 68
  • 9+ rooms: 51


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Carroll County:
  • no bedroom: 86
  • 1 bedroom: 382
  • 2 bedrooms: 2,165
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,862
  • 4 bedrooms: 767
  • 5+ bedrooms: 178


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carroll County:
  • no bedroom: 82
  • 1 bedroom: 586
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,251
  • 3 bedrooms: 699
  • 4 bedrooms: 115
  • 5+ bedrooms: 16


Cars and other vehicles available in Carroll County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 294
  • 1 vehicle: 2,076
  • 2 vehicles: 3,156
  • 3 vehicles: 1,380
  • 4 vehicles: 411
  • 5+ vehicles: 123


Cars and other vehicles available in Carroll County in renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 330
  • 1 vehicle: 1,222
  • 2 vehicles: 924
  • 3 vehicles: 217
  • 4 vehicles: 27
  • 5+ vehicles: 29


55% of Carroll County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Arkansas.

Carroll County:  55.3%
State average:  54.0%


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 11374
  • Northeast: 676
  • Midwest: 5630
  • South: 3546
  • West: 2122

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,200


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

 

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (31%)
  • Electricity (28%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
  • Wood (12%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (45%)
  • Electricity (28%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
  • Wood (7%)
  • No fuel used (1%)



Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 229
Here:  8.5%
Arkansas:  7.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 98
Here:  7.6%
Arkansas:  6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
Here:  8.9%
Arkansas:  14.7%


Educational Attainment


School Enrollment by Level of School



Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients


Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients


Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients


Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18


Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64


Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64


Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI


Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)



Carroll County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)


Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)




Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)


Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)




Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)