White County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 69,34787.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,5414.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,3924.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,6022.0%Two or more races
  • 5940.8%Asian alone
  • 4180.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 190.02%Some other race alone

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 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $871 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $410 (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: 81.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,363 (48.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7632010 or later
• 8142000 to 2009
• 4441990 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: 19,972
• One, attached: 259
• Two: 1,275
• 3 or 4: 1,706
• 5 to 9: 1,267
• 10 to 19: 1,195
• 20 to 49: 336
• 50 or more: 421
• Mobile homes: 7,508
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 98

Housing units in White County with a mortgage: 9,442 (204 second mortgage, 458 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,093

Religion statistics for White County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in White 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: 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: 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
• 14 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.26% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($39,049 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.12% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($25,894 average AGI)
2.13% relocated from other states ($13,156 average AGI)

White County:	2.13%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Lonoke County, AR	0.93% ($49,160 average AGI)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.64% ($35,037)
from Faulkner County, AR	0.38% ($31,979)
from Cleburne County, AR	0.31% ($32,013)
from Independence County, AR	0.24% ($47,017)
from Jackson County, AR	0.24% ($38,610)
from Woodruff County, AR	0.20% ($26,820)

6.39% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($39,412 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.33% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($24,658 average AGI)
2.06% relocated to other states ($14,753 average AGI)

White County:	2.06%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Pulaski County, AR	0.85% ($40,254 average AGI)
to Lonoke County, AR	0.84% ($34,957)
to Faulkner County, AR	0.41% ($45,068)
to Cleburne County, AR	0.40% ($33,752)
to Independence County, AR	0.23% ($31,193)
to Jackson County, AR	0.14% ($30,176)
to Craighead County, AR	0.12% ($32,387)

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 2019: 10.4

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:

• Male householders: 12,884 (4,289 living alone), Female householders: 15,737 (5,038 living alone)

• 13,406 spouses (13,260 opposite-sex spouses), 964 unmarried partners, (890 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 21,361 children (19,768 natural, 299 adopted, 1,294 stepchildren), 3,394 grandchildren, 534 brothers or sisters, 1,527 parents, 283 foster children, 1,412 other relatives, 3,580 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,671

Size of family households: 7,960 2-persons, 4,341 3-persons, 3,562 4-persons, 1,486 5-persons, 325 6-persons, 354 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,327 1-person, 1,130 2-persons, 136 3-persons.

11,061 married couples with children.
3,629 single-parent households (827 men, 2,802 women).

93.4% of residents of White speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (34% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 29% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

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)

• Year house built in White County, Arkansas
• 2,0532014 or later
• 1,1562010 to 2013
• 6,5202000 to 2009
• 9,2661990 to 1999
• 4,7471980 to 1989
• 5,2251970 to 1979
• 2,1741960 to 1969
• 8691950 to 1959
• 5621940 to 1949
• 1,4651939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in White County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in White County, Arkansas
• 591 room
• 132 rooms
• 5953 rooms
• 1,9724 rooms
• 4,2925 rooms
• 3,9646 rooms
• 2,7317 rooms
• 2,6468 rooms
• 2,2639+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in White County, Arkansas
• 01 room
• 1122 rooms
• 1,3973 rooms
• 3,1034 rooms
• 3,3125 rooms
• 8716 rooms
• 8617 rooms
• 3458 rooms
• 859+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in White County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in White County, Arkansas
• 136no bedroom
• 1471 bedroom
• 3,9922 bedrooms
• 10,4713 bedrooms
• 3,5454 bedrooms
• 2445+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in White County, Arkansas
• 0no bedroom
• 1,8261 bedroom
• 4,0752 bedrooms
• 3,9753 bedrooms
• 1844 bedrooms
• 265+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in White County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 422no vehicle
• 4,1631 vehicle
• 7,6732 vehicles
• 4,4393 vehicles
• 1,4084 vehicles
• 4305+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in White County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,108no vehicle
• 5,1071 vehicle
• 2,6262 vehicles
• 1,2353 vehicles
• 104 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

80.2% of White County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 52,933
• Other state: 24,052
• Northeast: 779
• Midwest: 7,321
• South: 10,834
• West: 5,118

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+)"