Ouachita County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 13,13354.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 10,04041.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5772.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2361.0%Two or more races
  • 180.07%Asian alone
  • 170.07%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 24
• Burglaries: 83
• Thefts: 63
• Auto thefts: 5

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 13
• Burglaries: 52
• Thefts: 63
• 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: $561 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $392 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ouachita County is $410 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $627 a month.

Cities in this county include: Camden, Stephens, Bearden, East Camden, Chidester, Louann.

Neighboring counties: Greenlee County, Arizona , Barnwell County, South Carolina , Calhoun County, Alabama , Lowndes County, Mississippi , Washington County, Mississippi , Lamar County, Texas .

Current college students: 965
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 184 (44.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 382010 or later
• 222000 to 2009
• 311990 to 1999
• 421980 to 1989
• 131970 to 1979
• 39Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 9,818
• One, attached: 38
• Two: 411
• 3 or 4: 674
• 5 to 9: 276
• 10 to 19: 54
• 20 to 49: 49
• 50 or more: 33
• Mobile homes: 1,907

Housing units in Ouachita County with a mortgage: 2,611 (46 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,143

Religion statistics for Ouachita County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Ouachita County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Arkansas Severe Storms And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 12, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4556-AR: July 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4556, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• 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: April 26, 2017 - May 19, 2017, FEMA Id: 4318, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: March 08, 2016 to March 13, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4270: May 06, 2016, FEMA Id: 4270, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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, 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 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 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 Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 30, 2004 to July 09, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1528: June 30, 2004, FEMA Id: 1528, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.27% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($37,413 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.05% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($20,976 average AGI)
2.23% relocated from other states ($16,439 average AGI)

Ouachita County:	2.23%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Union County, AR	0.65% ($48,538 average AGI)
from Columbia County, AR	0.35% ($34,429)
from Calhoun County, AR	0.30% ($40,625)

6.04% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($40,404 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.80% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($23,841 average AGI)
2.24% relocated to other states ($16,563 average AGI)

Ouachita County:	2.24%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Union County, AR	0.68% ($42,273 average AGI)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.56% ($53,378)
to Columbia County, AR	0.42% ($31,618)
to Calhoun County, AR	0.28% ($35,391)
to Garland County, AR	0.26% ($44,095)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 14.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 14.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Ouachita County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,177 (1,470 living alone), Female householders: 5,538 (1,993 living alone)

• 3,822 spouses (3,812 opposite-sex spouses), 319 unmarried partners, (311 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,966 children (6,367 natural, 97 adopted, 494 stepchildren), 1,044 grandchildren, 284 brothers or sisters, 541 parents, 3 foster children, 422 other relatives, 494 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 382

Size of family households: 3,314 2-persons, 1,158 3-persons, 1,005 4-persons, 438 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 55 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,453 1-person, 320 2-persons, 5 4-persons.

2,165 married couples with children.
2,266 single-parent households (201 men, 2,065 women).

97.5% of residents of Ouachita speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $206,633,000 ($7,552 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $14,143,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $87,497,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $49,716,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,597,000
Federal grants: $49,584,000
Federal procurement contracts: $7,454,000 ($6,013,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,785,000 ($4,395,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $304,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,636,000
Federal Government insurance: $10,152,000

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

Here:	-56 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.27 millions of gallons per day (29% from ground, 71% from surface)

• Year house built in Ouachita County, Arkansas
• 3942014 or later
• 2512010 to 2013
• 7952000 to 2009
• 1,5481990 to 1999
• 2,1251980 to 1989
• 2,2051970 to 1979
• 1,8991960 to 1969
• 1,9441950 to 1959
• 8591940 to 1949
• 1,2091939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Ouachita County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ouachita County, Arkansas
• 451 room
• 332 rooms
• 1483 rooms
• 4494 rooms
• 1,5235 rooms
• 1,8316 rooms
• 1,1977 rooms
• 6888 rooms
• 7679+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ouachita County, Arkansas
• 3071 room
• 522 rooms
• 3683 rooms
• 5114 rooms
• 7945 rooms
• 5456 rooms
• 1497 rooms
• 1468 rooms
• 1159+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ouachita County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ouachita County, Arkansas
• 44no bedroom
• 741 bedroom
• 1,2842 bedrooms
• 4,1313 bedrooms
• 1,0274 bedrooms
• 1255+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ouachita County, Arkansas
• 310no bedroom
• 5591 bedroom
• 1,0132 bedrooms
• 8563 bedrooms
• 2434 bedrooms
• 45+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ouachita County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 198no vehicle
• 2,0601 vehicle
• 2,4672 vehicles
• 1,2053 vehicles
• 5284 vehicles
• 2545+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ouachita County in renter-occupied apartments
• 604no vehicle
• 1,6861 vehicle
• 5712 vehicles
• 1303 vehicles
• 204 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

90.5% of Ouachita County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 18,282
• Other state: 5,333
• Northeast: 446
• Midwest: 1,377
• South: 2,860
• West: 632

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,352
• Number of aged recipients: 112
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,240
• Number of recipients under 18: 250
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 817
• Number of recipients older than 64: 285
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 537
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 569

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