Grant County, Arkansas (AR)

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County population in 2005: 17,348 (23% urban, 77% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 5,005
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,236

% of renters here:	20%
State:	31%

Land area: 632 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 27 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	10.2%
Whole state:	15.8%

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

This county:	3.1%
Whole state:	6.6%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (26.6%), Educational,health and social services (13.9%), Retail trade (12.2%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 77%
Government: 15%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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

Races in Grant County, Arkansas:

White Non-Hispanic (95.1%)
Black (2.5%)
Hispanic (1.1%)
American Indian (0.9%)
Two or more races (0.7%)
Other race (0.6%)

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

Median resident age:	36.6 years
Arkansas median age:	36.0 years

Males: 8,169	(49.6%)
Females: 8,295	(50.4%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $24,906
County population in 2003: 16,946
Jobs in 2003: 3,908

Grant County,AR real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 8,421
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.5%

Average household size:

Grant County:	2.6 people
Arkansas:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $40,437 ($37,182 in 2000)

This county	$40,437
Arkansas:	$34,999

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $91,679

Grant County	$91,679
Arkansas:	$87,400

Median montly rent in 2000: $435
Institutionalized population: 165
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Grant County in 2000: $713

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

Grant County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Grant County Arkansas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 62.1%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 37.3%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $434 (0.6%)

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.

Cities in this county include: Sheridan, Leola, Tull, Prattsville, Poyen.

Neighboring counties: Cleveland County , Dallas County , Hot Spring County , Jefferson County , Pulaski County , Saline County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Churches in Grant County include: Little Creek Church (A), Bethany Church (B), Bethel Church (C), Calvary Church (D), Cedar Branch Church (E), Sweet Home Church (F), Church of Jesus Christ (G), Corinth Church (H), Shiloh Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Saint Paul Cemetery (1), Hardin Cemetery (2), Lost Creek Cemetery (3), Gum Springs Cemetery (4), Newhope Cemetery (5), Oak Grove Cemetery (6), Shiloh Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Tolar Lake (A), Moores Lake (B), Tull Lake (C), Nall Lake (D), Fiser Lake (E), Lake Kay (F), Cox Creek Lake (G), Clear Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Kelt Creek (A), Kelly Branch (B), Logan Creek (C), Lost Creek (D), Lou Creek (E), Jordan Creek (F), Johnson Creek (G), Marlow Creek (H), Jerning Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Grant County: Jenkins Ferry State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.9%
Arkansas:	5.3%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 539
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 100 (32% naturalized citizens)

Grant County:	0.6%
Whole state:	2.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 34
1990 to 1994: 6
1985 to 1989: 22
1980 to 1984: 4
1975 to 1979: 4
1970 to 1974: 7
1970 to 1974: 0
1965 to 1969: 23

Mean travel time to work: 31.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 41.0%

Grant County marital status for males

Grant County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,479
One, attached: 57
Two: 63
3 or 4: 62
5 to 9: 20
10 to 19: 7
20 or more: 20
Mobile homes: 2,238
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14

Housing units in Grant County with a mortgage: 1,417 (123 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,149

Agriculture in Grant County
Average size of farms: 147 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $24180
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: $18236
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 27.13%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $28799
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

Grant County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Arkansas state average. It is 2.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/12/1966, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (15%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Wood products (5%)
Paper (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (13%)
Educational services (10%)
Public administration (7%)
Metal and metal products (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)

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

Mexico (42%)
Austria (14%)
Germany (14%)
Philippines (8%)
Netherlands (7%)
Korea (5%)
Iran (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Grant County:

United States or American (40%)
Irish (12%)
German (10%)
English (9%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Dutch (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Grant County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,128 (82%)
Carpooled: 1,060 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 17 (0%)
Walked: 93 (1%)
Other means: 59 (1%)
Worked at home: 92 (1%)

People in group quarters in Grant County, Arkansas

96 people in nursing homes
69 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $47,024.

8.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,734 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.20%
Arkansas average:	7.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.41% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($25,753 average AGI)
1.79% relocated from other states ($7,981 average AGI)
Grant County: 1.79%
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 Jefferson County, AR	1.63% ($34,281 average AGI)
from Saline County, AR	1.40% ($41,159)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.83% ($23,776)
from Hot Spring County, AR	0.48% ($29,607)
from Garland County, AR	0.36% ($29,524)
from Dallas County, AR	0.20% ($33,750)
from Cleveland County, AR	0.17% ($42,500)

8.17% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,510 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.17%
Arkansas average:	7.29%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.42% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($24,456 average AGI)
1.75% relocated to other states ($6,054 average AGI)
Grant County: 1.75%
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 Jefferson County, AR	1.69% ($26,667 average AGI)
to Saline County, AR	1.26% ($29,892)
to Pulaski County, AR	1.07% ($35,127)
to Hot Spring County, AR	0.44% ($42,423)
to Garland County, AR	0.26% ($29,600)
to Lonoke County, AR	0.19% ($37,909)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.9

Births per 1000 population in Grant County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.7

Deaths per 1000 population in Grant County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 11.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Grant County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,391 (1,924 aged, 467 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,283

In family households: 14,666 (4,174 male householders, 606 female householders)
4,178 spouses, 4,910 children (4,180 natural, 183 adopted, 547 stepchildren), 348 grandchildren, 71 brothers or sisters, 70 parents, 185 other relatives, 124 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,617 (714 male householders (599 living alone)), 719 female householders (663 living alone)), 184 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 181 (160 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,043 2-persons, 1,205 3-persons, 989 4-persons, 392 5-persons, 111 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,262 1-person, 154 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 13 4-persons.

3,167 married couples with children.
681 single-parent households (169 men, 512 women).

97.8% of residents of Grant County speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $101,203,000 ($5870 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:	5.4
State:	5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.7
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 280
1995 to 1998: 900
1990 to 1994: 709
1980 to 1989: 1,491
1970 to 1979: 1,365
1960 to 1969: 954
1950 to 1959: 471
1940 to 1949: 296
1939 or earlier: 494

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

1 room: 8
2 rooms: 28
3 rooms: 160
4 rooms: 732
5 rooms: 1,659
6 rooms: 1,251
7 rooms: 602
8 rooms: 403
9 or more rooms: 162

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 70
3 rooms: 113
4 rooms: 350
5 rooms: 447
6 rooms: 176
7 rooms: 58
8 rooms: 16
9 or more rooms: 6

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

no bedroom: 10
1 bedroom: 97
2 bedrooms: 1,144
3 bedrooms: 3,275
4 bedrooms: 429
5 or more bedrooms: 50

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grant County:

no bedroom: 15
1 bedroom: 101
2 bedrooms: 590
3 bedrooms: 459
4 bedrooms: 64
5 or more bedrooms: 7

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

no vehicle: 142
1 vehicle: 1,222
2 vehicles: 2,385
3 vehicles: 928
4 vehicles: 274
5 or more vehicles: 54

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

no vehicle: 143
1 vehicle: 616
2 vehicles: 341
3 vehicles: 118
4 vehicles: 16
5 or more vehicles: 2

61% of Grant County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Arkansas.

Grant County:	60.5%
State average:	54.0%

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

This state: 12718
Northeast: 162
Midwest: 842
South: 1769
West: 777

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,800

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 (48%)
Electricity (31%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
Wood (8%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (55%)
Electricity (26%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
Wood (4%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 66

Here:	3.5%
Arkansas:	7.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6

Here:	0.6%
Arkansas:	6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 51

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)

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