Greene County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 41,78092.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,3252.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8761.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6631.5%Two or more races
  • 1670.4%Asian alone
  • 1110.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 330.07%Some other race alone
  • 220.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 14
• Burglaries: 68
• Thefts: 60
• Auto thefts: 8

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 15
• Burglaries: 48
• Thefts: 73
• Auto thefts: 3

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: $872 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $543 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Greene County is $412 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $667 a month.

Cities in this county include: Paragould, Marmaduke, Oak Grove Heights, Lafe, Delaplaine.

Neighboring counties: Dyer County, Tennessee , Jackson County, Tennessee , Hertford County, North Carolina , Rockingham County, North Carolina , Van Buren County, Tennessee , Warren County, North Carolina , White County, Tennessee .

Current college students: 1,233
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 354 (16.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 642010 or later
• 1682000 to 2009
• 681990 to 1999
• 461980 to 1989
• 261970 to 1979
• 41Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 81.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,966
• One, attached: 244
• Two: 698
• 3 or 4: 988
• 5 to 9: 231
• 10 to 19: 206
• 20 to 49: 167
• 50 or more: 180
• Mobile homes: 2,539
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 47

Housing units in Greene County with a mortgage: 6,167 (106 second mortgage, 435 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,428

Religion statistics for Greene County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Greene 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: December 26, 2015 to January 22, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4254: February 05, 2016, FEMA Id: 4254, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 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 Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1819: February 06, 2009, FEMA Id: 1819, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 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 Tropical Storm Ike, Incident Period: September 13, 2008 to September 23, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1804: October 22, 2008, FEMA Id: 1804, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• 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 Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 01, 2006 to April 03, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1636: April 12, 2006, FEMA Id: 1636, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 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
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.19% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($33,620 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.63% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($22,388 average AGI)
2.56% relocated from other states ($11,233 average AGI)

Greene County:	2.56%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Craighead County, AR	1.98% ($35,263 average AGI)
from Clay County, AR	0.50% ($36,111)
from Shelby County, TN	0.40% ($20,807)
from Dunklin County, MO	0.34% ($32,531)
from Randolph County, AR	0.28% ($34,171)
from Mississippi County, AR	0.28% ($38,475)
from Lawrence County, AR	0.25% ($33,333)

6.41% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,055 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.08% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($21,736 average AGI)
2.33% relocated to other states ($10,319 average AGI)

Greene County:	2.33%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Craighead County, AR	1.82% ($37,073 average AGI)
to Clay County, AR	0.47% ($32,597)
to Lawrence County, AR	0.24% ($26,500)
to Shelby County, TN	0.24% ($17,235)
to Dunklin County, MO	0.23% ($26,818)
to Randolph County, AR	0.18% ($33,385)
to Mississippi County, AR	0.18% ($27,600)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Greene County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 8,929 (2,175 living alone), Female householders: 8,397 (2,084 living alone)

• 8,943 spouses (8,918 opposite-sex spouses), 1,207 unmarried partners, (1,124 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,557 children (11,102 natural, 543 adopted, 910 stepchildren), 1,770 grandchildren, 266 brothers or sisters, 483 parents, 129 foster children, 761 other relatives, 1,067 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 704

Size of family households: 5,463 2-persons, 3,289 3-persons, 2,076 4-persons, 1,047 5-persons, 260 6-persons, 215 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,249 1-person, 786 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 29 4-persons.

5,860 married couples with children.
2,979 single-parent households (685 men, 2,294 women).

98.0% of residents of Greene speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $222,133,000 ($5,699 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,477,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $98,017,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $40,665,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $20,836,000
Federal grants: $55,388,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,489,000 ($327,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,738,000 ($642,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $323,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,888,000
Federal Government insurance: $64,116,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.17 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Greene County, Arkansas
• 1,4652014 or later
• 9962010 to 2013
• 2,6372000 to 2009
• 3,8351990 to 1999
• 2,5541980 to 1989
• 3,6831970 to 1979
• 1,9441960 to 1969
• 9401950 to 1959
• 6031940 to 1949
• 8121939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Greene County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Greene County, Arkansas
• 231 room
• 1242 rooms
• 2223 rooms
• 7844 rooms
• 2,7265 rooms
• 2,7986 rooms
• 2,1997 rooms
• 1,2258 rooms
• 1,4879+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greene County, Arkansas
• 411 room
• 3782 rooms
• 9343 rooms
• 1,5384 rooms
• 1,4175 rooms
• 8996 rooms
• 2567 rooms
• 2418 rooms
• 759+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Greene County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Greene County, Arkansas
• 69no bedroom
• 2211 bedroom
• 1,8982 bedrooms
• 7,1183 bedrooms
• 1,9144 bedrooms
• 3685+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greene County, Arkansas
• 41no bedroom
• 7791 bedroom
• 2,5502 bedrooms
• 2,1063 bedrooms
• 2764 bedrooms
• 135+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Greene County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 173no vehicle
• 2,6351 vehicle
• 5,0902 vehicles
• 2,4883 vehicles
• 8694 vehicles
• 3395+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Greene County in renter-occupied apartments
• 724no vehicle
• 2,6911 vehicle
• 1,8222 vehicles
• 3543 vehicles
• 1564 vehicles
• 15+ vehicles

77.7% of Greene County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 30,143
• Other state: 14,252
• Northeast: 857
• Midwest: 7,203
• South: 4,446
• West: 1,746

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,485
• Number of aged recipients: 125
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,360
• Number of recipients under 18: 254
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 966
• Number of recipients older than 64: 265
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 620
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 663

Greene County on our top lists:

• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election"