County population in 2016: 18,166 (25% urban, 75% rural); it was 16,464 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 3,163 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 2,221 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 5,005 Renter-occupied apartments: 1,549 (it was 1,236 in 2000)
% of renters here:
20%
State:
33%
Land area: 632 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.2 sq. mi.
Population density: 29 people per square mile (low).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Grant County: 80.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Construction (22.4%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (20.0%), Information (16.6%), Educational, health and social services (11.2%).
Estimated median household income in 2016: $51,516 ($37,182 in 1999)
This county:
$51,516
Arkansas:
$44,334
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $540 (lower quartile is $398, upper quartile is $598)
This county:
$540
State:
$535
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $126,632 (it was $60,800 in 2000)
Grant:
$126,632
Arkansas:
$123,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $73,291 - $183,923 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $967 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $345
Institutionalized population: 143
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 1
Rapes: 4
Robberies: 3
Assaults: 25
Burglaries: 45
Thefts: 76
Auto thefts: 13
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $597 (0.5%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $597 (0.5%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 11.9%
Grant County:
11.9%
Arkansas:
17.2%
(11.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 25.1% for Black residents, 35.1% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 25.0% for American Indian residents, 43.8% for other race residents, 12.4% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 39.6 years old
(Males: 39.2 years old, Females: 39.9 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 40.6 years old, Black residents: 28.6 years old, American Indian residents: 26.6 years old, Asian residents: 28.7 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 20.0 years old, Other race residents: 29.0 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Grant County is $382 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $466 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $675 a month.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Grant County: Adamsburg Landing (A), Camp Ta-Lo-Ha (B), Cedar Hill (C), Greenleaf Landing (D), Plainview Gate (E), National Center for Toxicological Research (F), Tucker Prison Farm (G), Woodlawn Country Club (H), Dexter Gate (I), Warbritton Gate (J), Stark Gate (K), Pine Bluff Disposal Landfill (L), Southeast Volunteer Fire Department (M), Tucker State Prison (N), Tucker Volunteer Fire Station (O), White Bluff Power Plant (P), Pine Bluff Arsenal (Q), Wright - Pastoria Volunteer Fire Department (R), Hardin Fire Department (S), Highway 15 Volunteer Fire Department (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Grant County include: Travelers Rest Church (A), Union Church (B), Wabbaseka Church (C), Watkins Chapel (D), Wattensaw Church (E), Wheeler Chapel (F), Whiteville Church (G), Antioch Church (H), Barnes Chapel (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Smith Cemetery (1), Tucker Cemetery (2), Langford Cemetery (3), Atkins Cemetery (4), Lee Cemetery (5), Blackman Cemetery (6), Blackwell Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Dudley Lake (A), Dilly Pond (B), Brushy Lake (C), Brean Lake (D), Mud Lake (E), Felix Pond (F), Big Grassy Brake (G), Willow Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mile Branch (A), Love Creek (B), Long Pond Creek (C), Little Cypress Bayou (D), Little Bayou Meto (E), Lipscomb Branch (F), Ledbetter Creek (G), Kings Bayou (H), Jackson Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Grant County include: Lock and Dam Number 5 Public Use Area (1), Sheppard Island Public Use Area (2), Rising Star Public Use Area (3), Trulock Public Use Area (4), Tar Camp Public Use Area (5), Lock (6), Little Bayou Meto Park (7), Bayou Meto Public Use Area (8). Display/hide their locations on the map
Current college students: 539 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.7% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 156 (37.5% naturalized citizens)
Grant County:
0.9%
Whole state:
4.6%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2010 or later: 3
2000 to 2009: 53
1990 to 1999: 37
1980 to 1989: 26
1970 to 1979: 11
Before 1970: 23
Note: State values scaled to Grant County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 41.0%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,713
One, attached: 5
Two: 55
3 or 4: 32
5 to 9: 84
10 to 19: 64
20 to 49: 41
50 or more: 38
Mobile homes: 1,777
Housing units in Grant County with a mortgage: 2,682 (47 second mortgage, 90 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,708
Here:
50.0% with mortgage
State:
54.4% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Grant County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Evangelical Protestant
7,283
38
Mainline Protestant
904
8
Black Protestant
307
2
Catholic
68
1
Other
-
1
None
9,291
-
Grant County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 4
Grant County:
2.29 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.02 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1
This county:
0.57 / 10,000 pop.
Arkansas:
0.59 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 10
Grant County:
5.73 / 10,000 pop.
Arkansas:
4.94 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 7
This county:
4.01 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.66 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Grant County:
9.3%
Arkansas:
9.8%
Adult obesity rate:
Grant County:
30.5%
State:
29.1%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
10.0%
State:
13.6%
Agriculture in Grant County:
Average size of farms: 147 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $24,180 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $109.36 The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 82.01% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $18,236 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 27.13% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $28,799 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.62% Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 27.03 Vegetables: 195 harvested acres
Tornado activity:
Grant County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Arkansas state average. It is 2411209.1 times below overall U.S. average. Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 11 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004. On 4/21/1955, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Grant County-area historical earthquake activity is near Arkansas state average. It is 76% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 1/21/1982 at 00:33:54, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 61.0 miles away from Grant County center On 5/4/2001 at 06:42:12, a magnitude 4.7 (4.2 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 63.5 miles away from the county center On 3/25/1976 at 00:41:20, a magnitude 5.0 (4.9 MB, 5.0 LG, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 151.3 miles away from the county center On 5/4/1991 at 01:18:54, a magnitude 5.0 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 215.0 miles away from the county center On 3/25/1976 at 01:00:11, a magnitude 4.5 (4.1 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 143.4 miles away from Grant County center On 4/27/1989 at 16:47:49, a magnitude 4.7 (4.6 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.3 LG) earthquake occurred 191.7 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)
Most recent natural disasters:
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 and Flooding, Incident Period: December 23, 2009 to January 02, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1872: February 04, 2010, FEMA Id: 1872, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: October 29, 2009 to November 08, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1861: December 03, 2009, FEMA Id: 1861, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
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, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 02, 2008 to May 12, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1758: May 20, 2008, FEMA Id: 1758, 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
Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, High Winds and Flooding, Incident Period: January 21, 1999 to January 31, 1999, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1266: January 23, 1999, FEMA Id: 1266, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
Arkansas Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: April 04, 1997 to April 21, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1176: April 14, 1997, FEMA Id: 1176, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Grant County (11) is near the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9 Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 7, Storms: 7, Tornadoes: 4, Winter Storms: 3, Hurricanes: 2, Wind: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (11%)
Construction and extraction occupations (10%)
Management occupations (10%)
Transportation occupations (10%)
Material moving occupations (8%)
Sales and related occupations (8%)
Office and administrative support occupations (21%)
Education, training, and library occupations (13%)
Sales and related occupations (11%)
Health technologists and technicians (7%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
Personal care and service occupations (5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (42%)
India (20%)
Other Eastern Africa (19%)
South Africa (9%)
Russia (4%)
Germany (2%)
Taiwan (2%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant County (%):
English (30%)
American (18%)
German (5%)
Irish (5%)
European (2%)
Italian (1%)
British (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 3,645 (80.5%)
Carpooled: 429 (9.5%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 73 (1.6%)
Walked: 107 (2.4%)
Worked at home: 282 (6.2%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in Grant County, Arkansas in 2000:
96 people in nursing homes
69 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
80 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
63 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilitiesAverage gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $50,594.
6.81% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($37,971 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
6.81%
Arkansas average:
6.94%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.52% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($31,643 average AGI)
1.29% relocated from other states ($6,326 average AGI)
Grant County:
1.29%
Arkansas average:
3.02%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
7.35% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($30,773 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
7.35%
Arkansas average:
6.84%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.89% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($24,086 average AGI)
1.46% relocated to other states ($6,689 average AGI)
Grant County:
1.46%
Arkansas average:
2.91%
Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Grant County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 2,835 (2,210 aged, 625 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 548 (13%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Grant County, Arkansas in 1999 - 2014:
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (234)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (215)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (108)
Congestive heart failure (104)
Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality (90)
Unspecified dementia (75)
Alzheimer's disease, unspecified (62)
Pneumonia, unspecified (62)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,166
In family households: 15,938 (2,875 male householders, 2,077 female householders)
3,914 spouses, 5,587 children (4,919 natural, 61 adopted, 591 stepchildren), 551 grandchildren, 188 brothers or sisters, 133 parents, 225 other relatives, 337 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,041 (970 male householders (871 living alone)), 914 female householders (883 living alone)), 155 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 156
Size of family households: 2,316 2-persons, 1,285 3-persons, 840 4-persons, 392 5-persons, 103 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,754 1-person, 126 2-persons, 6 3-persons.
2,688 married couples with children.
815 single-parent households (176 men, 639 women).
98.5% of residents of Grant speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (99% speak English very well, 1% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $101,203,000 ($5,870 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $5,891,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $42,315,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $14,796,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,000 Federal grants: $37,490,000 Federal procurement contracts: $698,000 ($26,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $5,898,000 ($3,762,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $864,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,441,000 Federal Government insurance: $2,770,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 892
Here:
51 per 1000 residents
State:
72 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 816
Here:
47 per 1000 residents
State:
53 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +10
Here:
+1 per 1000 residents
State:
+8 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +822
Here:
+47 per 1000 residents
State:
+13 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Grant County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.20 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
6.1
State:
6.1
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.7
State:
4.4
Year house built
2014 or later: 172
2010 to 2013: 452
2000 to 2009: 1,313
1990 to 1999: 1,593
1980 to 1989: 1,233
1970 to 1979: 1,369
1960 to 1969: 824
1950 to 1959: 577
1940 to 1949: 218
1939 or earlier: 217
Note: State values scaled to Grant population
Rooms in houses/apartments in Grant County, Arkansas
Note: State values scaled to Grant County population
no vehicle: 76
1 vehicle: 1,128
2 vehicles: 2,317
3 vehicles: 1,208
4 vehicles: 513
5+ vehicles: 156
no vehicle: 108
1 vehicle: 765
2 vehicles: 380
3 vehicles: 161
4 vehicles: 25
5+ vehicles: 9
87% of Grant County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Arkansas.
Grant County:
87.1%
State average:
84.2%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 14,321
Other state: 3,611
Northeast: 278
Midwest: 657
South: 1,715
West: 967
Year Householders Moved Into Unit
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