Crawford County, Arkansas (AR)

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County population in 2005: 57,630 (46% urban, 54% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 14,949
Renter-occupied apartments: 4,753

% of renters here:	24%
State:	31%

Land area: 595 sq. mi.
Water area: 8.8 sq. mi.

Population density: 97 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	14.2%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	5.0%
Whole state:	6.6%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (25.3%), Educational,health and social services (17.3%), Retail trade (13.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 80%
Government: 12%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Crawford County, Arkansas business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Crawford County, Arkansas:

White Non-Hispanic (90.7%)
American Indian (3.5%)
Hispanic (3.3%)
Two or more races (2.2%)
Other race (1.5%)
Black (0.9%)
Other Asian (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	35.1 years
Arkansas median age:	36.0 years

Males: 26,315	(49.4%)
Females: 26,932	(50.6%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $25,216
County population in 2003: 55,655
Jobs in 2003: 19,469

Crawford County,AR real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 26,130
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.1%

Average household size:

Crawford County:	2.7 people
Arkansas:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,748 ($32,871 in 2000)

This county	$35,748
Arkansas:	$34,999

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $92,846

Crawford County	$92,846
Arkansas:	$87,400

Median montly rent in 2000: $405
Institutionalized population: 346
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Crawford County in 2000: $680

Crawford County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Crawford County Arkansas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 65.6%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 33.2%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $415 (0.6%)

Area name: Fort Smith, AR-OK HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Crawford County is $381 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $474 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $631 a month.

Cities in this county include: Van Buren, Alma, Mulberry, Cedarville, Kibler, Mountainburg, Dyer, Chester, Rudy.

Neighboring counties: Adair County, Oklahoma , Franklin County , Madison County , Sebastian County , Sequoyah County, Oklahoma , Washington County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Crawford County: Mountainburg Shelter (A), Natural Dam (B), Fort Smith Filtration Plant (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Crawford County include: Kenner Chapel (A), Liberty Church (B), Zion Church (C), Brooks Chapel (D), Victory Temple (E), Cain Church (F), Sunnyside Church (G), Church of Christ (H), Concord Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Macedonia Cemetery (1), Bateman Cemetery (2), Dobbs Cemetery (3), Beal Cemetery (4), Love Cemetery (5), Chastain Cemetery (6), Hall Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Hollis Lake (A), Ned Lake (B), Switchback Lake (C), Johnson Lake (D), Hammond Lake (E), Hall Lake (F), Lake Sheppard Spring Reservoir (G), Lake Shepherd Springs (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little Mill Creek (A), Little Mulberry Creek (B), Little Webber Creek (C), Locust Creek (D), Jones Fork (E), Mays Branch (F), McCaslin Branch (G), Jack Creek (H), Indian Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Crawford County include: Clear Creek Public Use Area (1), Springhill Park (2), Dam Site North Public Use Area (3), Lake Fort Smith State Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

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

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.5%
Arkansas:	5.3%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 1,655
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,264 (40% naturalized citizens)

Crawford County:	2.4%
Whole state:	2.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 195
1990 to 1994: 244
1985 to 1989: 310
1980 to 1984: 283
1975 to 1979: 45
1970 to 1974: 30
1970 to 1974: 46
1965 to 1969: 111

Mean travel time to work: 23.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 46.8%

Crawford County marital status for males

Crawford County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 15,681
One, attached: 228
Two: 807
3 or 4: 420
5 to 9: 340
10 to 19: 254
20 or more: 223
Mobile homes: 3,303
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 59

Housing units in Crawford County with a mortgage: 6,834 (472 second mortgage, 225 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,580

Agriculture in Crawford County
Average size of farms: 165 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $62225
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $340.91
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 20.36%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 72.36%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $47955
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 30.61%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 7.68%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $41816
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.98%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 20.06
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.79%
Corn for grain: 2823 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 4230 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 9056 harvested acres
Vegetables: 1745 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 52 acres

Crawford County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Arkansas state average. It is 2.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 34 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/26/1973, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 23 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (13%)
Food (6%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Machinery (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (15%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Food (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Finance and insurance (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

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

El Salvador (22%)
Mexico (21%)
Laos (14%)
Vietnam (6%)
Korea (5%)
Philippines (5%)
Germany (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Crawford County:

United States or American (28%)
Irish (12%)
German (12%)
English (9%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Italian (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Crawford County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 18,829 (82%)
Carpooled: 3,187 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 58 (0%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (0%)
Taxi: 6 (0%)
Motorcycle: 40 (0%)
Bicycle: 18 (0%)
Walked: 224 (1%)
Other means: 150 (1%)
Worked at home: 450 (2%)

People in group quarters in Crawford County, Arkansas

245 people in nursing homes
92 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
79 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
22 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
10 people in other nonhousehold living situations
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $40,856.

8.97% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,039 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.97%
Arkansas average:	7.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.73% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($19,859 average AGI)
3.24% relocated from other states ($26,180 average AGI)
Crawford County: 3.24%
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 Sebastian County, AR	3.94% ($29,488 average AGI)
from Washington County, AR	0.41% ($28,935)
from Sequoyah County, OK	0.28% ($30,404)
from Franklin County, AR	0.25% ($30,851)
from Benton County, AR	0.21% ($41,256)
from Le Flore County, OK	0.19% ($25,833)
from Logan County, AR	0.14% ($31,593)

7.86% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,322 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.86%
Arkansas average:	7.29%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.37% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($19,849 average AGI)
2.48% relocated to other states ($11,474 average AGI)
Crawford County: 2.48%
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 Sebastian County, AR	3.54% ($27,012 average AGI)
to Washington County, AR	0.50% ($33,239)
to Sequoyah County, OK	0.28% ($37,231)
to Franklin County, AR	0.24% ($34,756)
to Benton County, AR	0.21% ($46,077)
to Le Flore County, OK	0.18% ($27,727)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.13% ($30,480)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.0

Births per 1000 population in Crawford County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.1

Deaths per 1000 population in Crawford County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Crawford County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 8,672 (6,240 aged, 2,432 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship

Households: 52,789

In family households: 47,548 (12,154 male householders, 3,015 female householders)
12,373 spouses, 17,025 children (14,742 natural, 454 adopted, 1,829 stepchildren), 1,148 grandchildren, 303 brothers or sisters, 210 parents, 563 other relatives, 757 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,241 (2,017 male householders (1,649 living alone)), 2,519 female householders (2,292 living alone)), 705 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 458 (365 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,279 2-persons, 3,766 3-persons, 3,007 4-persons, 1,402 5-persons, 514 6-persons, 201 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,941 1-person, 505 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 2 5-persons.

10,442 married couples with children.
3,121 single-parent households (715 men, 2,406 women).

95.4% of residents of Crawford County speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (36% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $261,883,000 ($4629 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $17,581,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $144,472,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,014,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,097,000
Federal grants: $46,799,000
Federal procurement contracts: $10,247,000 ($8,707,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,255,000 ($506,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,344,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $31,607,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,353,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,956

Here:	69 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 2,557

Here:	44 per 1000 residents
State:	53 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +151

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +2,931

Here:	+51 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Crawford County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 17.14 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.4
State:	5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 621
1995 to 1998: 2,917
1990 to 1994: 2,477
1980 to 1989: 4,575
1970 to 1979: 4,409
1960 to 1969: 2,534
1950 to 1959: 1,198
1940 to 1949: 1,061
1939 or earlier: 1,523

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Crawford County, Arkansas:

1 room: 46
2 rooms: 165
3 rooms: 710
4 rooms: 1,701
5 rooms: 5,219
6 rooms: 3,765
7 rooms: 1,851
8 rooms: 861
9 or more rooms: 631

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Crawford County, Arkansas:

1 room: 66
2 rooms: 299
3 rooms: 858
4 rooms: 1,513
5 rooms: 1,128
6 rooms: 549
7 rooms: 231
8 rooms: 46
9 or more rooms: 63

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Crawford County:

no bedroom: 96
1 bedroom: 723
2 bedrooms: 3,343
3 bedrooms: 9,086
4 bedrooms: 1,537
5 or more bedrooms: 164

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Crawford County:

no bedroom: 89
1 bedroom: 1,006
2 bedrooms: 2,140
3 bedrooms: 1,320
4 bedrooms: 168
5 or more bedrooms: 30

Cars and other vehicles available in Crawford County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 482
1 vehicle: 3,869
2 vehicles: 7,320
3 vehicles: 2,358
4 vehicles: 660
5 or more vehicles: 260

Cars and other vehicles available in Crawford County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 689
1 vehicle: 2,397
2 vehicles: 1,317
3 vehicles: 302
4 vehicles: 35
5 or more vehicles: 13

53% of Crawford County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Arkansas.

Crawford County:	52.8%
State average:	54.0%

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

This state: 34015
Northeast: 831
Midwest: 4177
South: 8148
West: 4538

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,800

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 (45%)
Electricity (35%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
Wood (7%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (45%)
Utility gas (42%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
Wood (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 267

Here:	3.7%
Arkansas:	7.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 112

Here:	3.6%
Arkansas:	6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 172

Here:	11.2%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

Crawford County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $620,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $1,127,000
Fire Protection: $95,000

General: $30,000

General Public Buildings: $20,000

Central Staff Services: $18,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,364,000
Police Protection: $1,274,000

Central Staff Services: $1,013,000

Financial Administration: $994,000

Corrections - Other: $800,000

General - Other: $713,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $635,000

Libraries: $462,000

General Public Buildings: $100,000

Natural Resources - Other: $41,000

Welfare - Other: $35,000

Health Services - Other: $28,000

Fire Protection: $8,000

Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $1,000
Federal Intergovernmental - Highways: $80,000
All Other: $43,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $2,176,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $143,000
General Support: $1,000

Highways: $1,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $1,276,000
Rents: $778,000

Interest Earnings: $135,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $204,000
Police Protection: $183,000

Libraries: $121,000

Fire Protection: $87,000

General - Other: $58,000

Judicial: $38,000

Financial Administration: $12,000

Corrections - Other: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,721,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,407,000
All Other: $1,174,000

General Support: $474,000
Tax - Total General Sales: $4,191,000
Property: $2,279,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $3,469,000

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