Garland County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 80,85581.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,1978.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,7465.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,4212.5%Two or more races
  • 7670.8%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 5990.6%Asian alone
  • 1720.2%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $205,975

Here:	$205,975
State:	$183,629

Townhouses or other attached units: $276,199

Here:	$276,199
State:	$177,096

In 2-unit structures: $111,493

Here:	$111,493
State:	$124,956

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $149,475

Here:	$149,475
State:	$201,203

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $142,440

Here:	$142,440
State:	$172,391

Mobile homes: $58,069

Here:	$58,069
State:	$68,924

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

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 26
• Robberies: 16
• Assaults: 71
• Burglaries: 900
• Thefts: 1387
• Auto thefts: 218

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $869 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $714 (0.6%)

Area name: Hot Springs, AR MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Garland County is $445 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $553 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $690 a month.

Cities in this county include: Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village, Piney, Rockwell, Lake Hamilton, Mountain Pine, Fountain Lake, Lonsdale.

Neighboring counties: Lafayette County, Mississippi , Ventura County, California , Tippah County, Mississippi , Tishomingo County, Mississippi , Pickens County, Georgia .

Current college students: 2,731
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 28.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,031 (36.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 9722010 or later
• 8012000 to 2009
• 6931990 to 1999
• 3411980 to 1989
• 3051970 to 1979
• 897Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 32,235
• One, attached: 1,685
• Two: 2,423
• 3 or 4: 1,611
• 5 to 9: 1,617
• 10 to 19: 1,001
• 20 to 49: 390
• 50 or more: 1,982
• Mobile homes: 8,067

Housing units in Garland County with a mortgage: 14,715 (205 second mortgage, 435 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14,369

Religion statistics for Garland County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Garland County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Arkansas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4518, Natural disaster type: Other
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 07, 2015 to June 15, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4226: June 26, 2015, FEMA Id: 4226, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 25, 2012 to December 26, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4100: January 29, 2013, FEMA Id: 4100, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 14, 2011 to June 03, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1975: May 02, 2011, FEMA Id: 1975, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3301: January 28, 2009, FEMA Id: 3301, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Severe Storms and Flooding associated with Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: September 02, 2008 to September 08, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1793: September 18, 2008, FEMA Id: 1793, Natural disaster type: Storm, Hurricane, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: March 18, 2008 to April 28, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1751: March 26, 2008, FEMA Id: 1751, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3215: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3215, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 12, 2000 to January 08, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1354: December 29, 2000, FEMA Id: 1354, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 12, 2000 to January 08, 2001, Emergency Declared EM-3159: December 28, 2000, FEMA Id: 3159, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.84% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($48,222 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.66% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($25,523 average AGI)
3.18% relocated from other states ($22,700 average AGI)

Garland County:	3.18%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Hot Spring County, AR	0.60% ($33,657 average AGI)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.55% ($75,533)
from Saline County, AR	0.53% ($59,455)
from Clark County, AR	0.17% ($44,574)
from Faulkner County, AR	0.13% ($40,229)
from Jefferson County, AR	0.13% ($49,196)
from Pike County, AR	0.12% ($32,773)

6.36% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($40,983 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.39% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($19,461 average AGI)
2.97% relocated to other states ($21,522 average AGI)

Garland County:	2.97%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Saline County, AR	0.62% ($52,018 average AGI)
to Hot Spring County, AR	0.61% ($30,182)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.55% ($37,097)
to Washington County, AR	0.16% ($40,429)
to Faulkner County, AR	0.14% ($33,745)
to Clark County, AR	0.13% ($26,319)
to Montgomery County, AR	0.10% ($29,472)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 14.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Garland County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 19,204 (5,227 living alone), Female householders: 22,539 (8,389 living alone)

• 18,381 spouses (18,371 opposite-sex spouses), 2,620 unmarried partners, (2,376 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 25,459 children (23,625 natural, 394 adopted, 1,440 stepchildren), 3,283 grandchildren, 749 brothers or sisters, 1,727 parents, 0 foster children, 1,152 other relatives, 2,303 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,969

Size of family households: 13,782 2-persons, 5,110 3-persons, 3,752 4-persons, 1,644 5-persons, 732 6-persons, 986 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,616 1-person, 2,121 2-persons.

10,208 married couples with children.
5,776 single-parent households (874 men, 4,902 women).

93.7% of residents of Garland speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $699,263,000 ($7,589 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $43,448,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $373,613,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $167,049,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $778,000
Federal grants: $107,530,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,319,000 ($6,649,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $35,973,000 ($6,893,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $232,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $28,327,000
Federal Government insurance: $67,903,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 13.59 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Garland County, Arkansas
• 8742014 or later
• 1,3352010 to 2013
• 7,5492000 to 2009
• 7,7361990 to 1999
• 7,6821980 to 1989
• 9,5101970 to 1979
• 5,9871960 to 1969
• 3,3671950 to 1959
• 2,1521940 to 1949
• 4,8191939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Garland County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Garland County, Arkansas
• 01 room
• 1092 rooms
• 5133 rooms
• 3,9104 rooms
• 7,5875 rooms
• 7,3716 rooms
• 4,9347 rooms
• 2,1548 rooms
• 2,5069+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garland County, Arkansas
• 5021 room
• 7212 rooms
• 1,9003 rooms
• 2,6784 rooms
• 3,5405 rooms
• 2,1926 rooms
• 4717 rooms
• 978 rooms
• 5589+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Garland County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Garland County, Arkansas
• 0no bedroom
• 5631 bedroom
• 8,1522 bedrooms
• 15,9813 bedrooms
• 3,6404 bedrooms
• 7485+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garland County, Arkansas
• 560no bedroom
• 2,7271 bedroom
• 4,3422 bedrooms
• 4,4973 bedrooms
• 4964 bedrooms
• 375+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Garland County, Arkansas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Garland County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 636no vehicle
• 9,3651 vehicle
• 12,5312 vehicles
• 4,3873 vehicles
• 1,2794 vehicles
• 8865+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Garland County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,219no vehicle
• 5,2711 vehicle
• 2,1832 vehicles
• 1,8803 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 1065+ vehicles

84.6% of Garland County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 53,762
• Other state: 41,017
• Northeast: 3,005
• Midwest: 10,845
• South: 19,658
• West: 7,509

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,878
• Number of aged recipients: 237
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,641
• Number of recipients under 18: 577
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,830
• Number of recipients older than 64: 471
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,148
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,275

Garland County on our top lists:

• #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"