White County, Arkansas (AR)

Races in White County, Arkansas:

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 40
• Burglaries: 360
• Thefts: 411
• Auto thefts: 125

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 53
• Burglaries: 351
• Thefts: 499
• Auto thefts: 118

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $579 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $470 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in White County is $392 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $471 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $640 a month.

Cities in this county include: Searcy, Beebe, Bald Knob, Judsonia, Kensett, Bradford, McRae, Pangburn, Rose Bud, Higginson.

Neighboring counties: Sandoval County, New Mexico , Faulkner County , Hyde County, North Carolina , Lincoln County, North Carolina , Macon County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 5,349
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,168 (12.8% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to White County population

• 5812010 or later
• 5472000 to 2009
• 5131990 to 1999
• 2001980 to 1989
• 641970 to 1979
• 115Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 75.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 21,021
• One, attached: 357
• Two: 1,081
• 3 or 4: 740
• 5 to 9: 739
• 10 to 19: 1,886
• 20 to 49: 707
• 50 or more: 170
• Mobile homes: 6,653

Housing units in White County with a mortgage: 9,821 (119 second mortgage, 284 home equity loan, 237 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,819

Religion statistics for White County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in White County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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 Flooding, Incident Period: April 27, 2014 to April 28, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4174: April 29, 2014, FEMA Id: 4174, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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 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 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, 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
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 02, 2003 to June 10, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1472: June 06, 2003, FEMA Id: 1472, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.02% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($32,812 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.34% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($19,880 average AGI)
2.67% relocated from other states ($12,932 average AGI)

White County:	2.67%
Arkansas average:	3.02%

from Lonoke County, AR	0.71% ($31,823 average AGI)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.62% ($37,896)
from Cleburne County, AR	0.47% ($28,621)
from Faulkner County, AR	0.46% ($28,177)
from Independence County, AR	0.19% ($31,891)
from Jackson County, AR	0.19% ($28,565)
from Woodruff County, AR	0.17% ($23,048)

6.81% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($33,135 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.09% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($18,158 average AGI)
2.72% relocated to other states ($14,976 average AGI)

White County:	2.72%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Lonoke County, AR	0.80% ($32,244 average AGI)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.73% ($35,846)
to Faulkner County, AR	0.46% ($29,026)
to Cleburne County, AR	0.32% ($33,886)
to Independence County, AR	0.25% ($27,190)
to Craighead County, AR	0.14% ($20,618)
to Woodruff County, AR	0.14% ($26,235)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 10.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in White 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: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 64,722 (9,786 male householders, 9,785 female householders)

  14,751 spouses, 24,050 children (22,607 natural, 723 adopted, 720 stepchildren), 1,369 grandchildren, 738 brothers or sisters, 956 parents, 1,681 other relatives, 1,606 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 10,598 (3,804 male householders (3,605 living alone)), 4,846 female householders (4,373 living alone)), 1,948 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 3,943

Size of family households: 9,597 2-persons, 4,347 3-persons, 3,369 4-persons, 1,223 5-persons, 800 6-persons, 235 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,978 1-person, 497 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 18 5-persons.

11,782 married couples with children.
4,722 single-parent households (1,207 men, 3,515 women).

94.2% of residents of White speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $361,945,000 ($5,122 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $16,431,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $187,722,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $83,155,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,209,000
Federal grants: $64,925,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,581,000 ($748,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $13,353,000 ($2,375,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,989,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $33,432,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,544,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.15 millions of gallons per day (9% from ground, 91% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to White County population

• 6982014 or later
• 1,8002010 to 2013
• 8,0492000 to 2009
• 7,3261990 to 1999
• 3,2571980 to 1989
• 5,4341970 to 1979
• 3,5811960 to 1969
• 1,2881950 to 1959
• 9421940 to 1949
• 9791939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in White County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to White County population

• 2081 room
• 52 rooms
• 5533 rooms
• 9984 rooms
• 5,2385 rooms
• 4,4816 rooms
• 2,6217 rooms
• 1,4998 rooms
• 2,0379+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to White County population

• 2721 room
• 3322 rooms
• 1,3063 rooms
• 3,4484 rooms
• 3,0135 rooms
• 1,2776 rooms
• 6117 rooms
• 1488 rooms
• 1749+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in White County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to White County population

• 208no bedroom
• 7821 bedroom
• 2,8062 bedrooms
• 10,7543 bedrooms
• 2,2834 bedrooms
• 8075+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to White County population

• 306no bedroom
• 1,6641 bedroom
• 4,2962 bedrooms
• 3,8013 bedrooms
• 3854 bedrooms
• 1295+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to White County population

• 250no vehicle
• 3,7951 vehicle
• 9,0052 vehicles
• 3,4713 vehicles
• 8264 vehicles
• 2935+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to White County population

• 1,510no vehicle
• 5,0281 vehicle
• 2,7632 vehicles
• 1,0703 vehicles
• 794 vehicles
• 1315+ vehicles

76.9% of White 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, 32% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 49,411
• Other state: 27,168
• Northeast: 1,440
• Midwest: 7,829
• South: 13,768
• West: 4,131

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,976
• Number of aged recipients: 218
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,758
• Number of recipients under 18: 346
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,197
• Number of recipients older than 64: 433
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 898
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 822

White County on our top lists:

• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"