Woodruff County, Arkansas (AR)

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County population in 2005: 8,098 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 2,317
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,214

% of renters here:	34%
State:	31%

Land area: 587 sq. mi.
Water area: 7.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 14 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	27.0%
Whole state:	15.8%

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

This county:	10.6%
Whole state:	6.6%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (20.0%), Educational,health and social services (18.9%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (15.2%), Retail trade (12.5%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 74%
Government: 17%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 9%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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

Races in Woodruff County, Arkansas:

White Non-Hispanic (67.5%)
Black (30.8%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
Hispanic (0.8%)
American Indian (0.7%)

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

Median resident age:	38.4 years
Arkansas median age:	36.0 years

Males: 4,122	(47.2%)
Females: 4,619	(52.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $23,813
County population in 2003: 8,315
Jobs in 2003: 2,611

Woodruff County,AR real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 3,516
Unemployment rate in 2004: 10.2%

Average household size:

Woodruff County:	2.4 people
Arkansas:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $24,033 ($22,099 in 2000)

This county	$24,033
Arkansas:	$34,999

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $46,034

Woodruff County	$46,034
Arkansas:	$87,400

Median montly rent in 2000: $291
Institutionalized population: 125
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Woodruff County in 2000: $526

Woodruff County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Woodruff County Arkansas:

Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 65.2%
Bush/Cheney (Republican): 33.7%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $247 (0.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Woodruff County is $380 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $571 a month.

Cities in this county include: Augusta, McCrory, Cotton Plant, Patterson, Hunter.

Neighboring counties: Cross County , Jackson County , Monroe County , Prairie County , St. Francis County , White County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Woodruff County: Lundies Landing (A), Peach Orchard Bluff (B), Postal Landing (C), Princeton Landing (D), Cypress Creek Country Club (E), Frame Spur (F), Gibson Levee (G), Gregory Landing (H), James Ferry (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Woodruff County include: Ball Church (A), Bayou Missionary Church (B), Bethehem Church (C), Whitehall Church (D), White Lake Church (E), Walnut Grove Baptist Church (F), Trices Chapel (G), Church of God (H), Lake Grove Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Crutcher Cemetery (1), Beard Cemetery (2), Long Grove Cemetery (3), New Salem Cemetery (4), Gregory Cemetery (5), Gray Cemetery (6), Shelton Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and swamps: Bird Lake (A), Dupree Lake (B), Buckley Lake (C), Jackson Lake (D), Yancopin Lake (E), Blue Hole (F), Beard Lake (G), Blue Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Locust Slough (A), Maple Creek (B), Miller Branch (C), Roaring Slough (D), Robin Slough (E), Possum Creek (F), Old Channel Bayou DeView (G), Goose Pond Slough (H), Taylor Bay (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Woodruff County include: Rex Hancock-Black Swamp Wildlife Management Area (1), Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Beach: Taylor Bay Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Post offices: Gregory Post Office (A), Howell Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	7.4%
Arkansas:	5.3%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 229
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 60.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 8.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 50 (32% naturalized citizens)

Woodruff County:	0.6%
Whole state:	2.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 17
1990 to 1994: 9
1985 to 1989: 4
1980 to 1984: 11
1975 to 1979: 1
1970 to 1974: 0
1970 to 1974: 5
1965 to 1969: 3

Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 74.5%

Woodruff County marital status for males

Woodruff County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,934
One, attached: 32
Two: 172
3 or 4: 71
5 to 9: 101
10 to 19: 47
20 or more: 80
Mobile homes: 648
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4

Housing units in Woodruff County with a mortgage: 777 (26 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 968

Agriculture in Woodruff County
Average size of farms: 1221 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $233967
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $203813
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 84.09%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $194535
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 66.67%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 0.38
Corn for grain: 13532 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 40254 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 4568 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 132244 harvested acres

Woodruff County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Arkansas state average. It is 6.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 34 fatalities and 511 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/21/1952, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 29 people and injured 180 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
Metal and metal products (9%)
Construction (7%)
Public administration (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
Utilities (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Educational services (11%)
Public administration (6%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Metal and metal products (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Agricultural workers including supervisors (14%)
Farmers and farm managers (9%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Cashiers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)

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

El Salvador (26%)
Mexico (20%)
Germany (10%)
Other Western Africa (8%)
Other Caribbean (8%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Laos (6%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Woodruff County:

United States or American (36%)
Irish (7%)
English (4%)
German (4%)
African (3%)
Scottish (1%)
French (except Basque) (1%)

Woodruff County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,715 (79%)
Carpooled: 557 (16%)
Railroad: 3 (0%)
Bicycle: 1 (0%)
Walked: 92 (3%)
Other means: 26 (1%)
Worked at home: 57 (2%)

People in group quarters in Woodruff County, Arkansas

113 people in nursing homes
17 people in homes for the mentally ill
12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $33,278.

5.38% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($20,659 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.38%
Arkansas average:	7.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.71% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($13,522 average AGI)
1.68% relocated from other states ($7,138 average AGI)
Woodruff County: 1.68%
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 White County, AR	0.90% ($15,130 average AGI)
from Cross County, AR	0.51% ($24,769)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.47% ($29,667)

6.98% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($22,407 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.98%
Arkansas average:	7.29%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.67% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($19,011 average AGI)
1.30% relocated to other states ($3,390 average AGI)
Woodruff County: 1.30%
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 White County, AR	1.80% ($25,787 average AGI)
to Jackson County, AR	0.73% ($21,947)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.54% ($26,071)
to Cross County, AR	0.42% ($28,818)
to Craighead County, AR	0.38% ($16,500)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.6

Births per 1000 population in Woodruff County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.4

Deaths per 1000 population in Woodruff County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Woodruff County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,705 (1,342 aged, 363 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%

Household type by relationship

Households: 8,633

In family households: 7,452 (1,707 male householders, 758 female householders)
1,736 spouses, 2,587 children (2,344 natural, 49 adopted, 194 stepchildren), 254 grandchildren, 97 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 104 other relatives, 169 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,181 (469 male householders (413 living alone)), 623 female householders (583 living alone)), 89 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 108 (91 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,094 2-persons, 674 3-persons, 439 4-persons, 163 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 996 1-person, 92 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 5-persons.

1,222 married couples with children.
701 single-parent households (115 men, 586 women).

98.3% of residents of Woodruff County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $98,567,000 ($12116 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $950,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $22,599,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $21,062,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $22,413,000
Federal grants: $29,335,000
Federal procurement contracts: $822,000 ($262,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,336,000 ($54,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,016,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,326,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,143,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 525

Here:	65 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 646

Here:	80 per 1000 residents
State:	53 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: 0

Here:	0 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -508

Here:	-63 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Woodruff County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.02 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 75
1995 to 1998: 266
1990 to 1994: 242
1980 to 1989: 490
1970 to 1979: 1,159
1960 to 1969: 696
1950 to 1959: 487
1940 to 1949: 312
1939 or earlier: 362

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

1 room: 6
2 rooms: 22
3 rooms: 81
4 rooms: 268
5 rooms: 768
6 rooms: 625
7 rooms: 264
8 rooms: 141
9 or more rooms: 142

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

1 room: 28
2 rooms: 70
3 rooms: 192
4 rooms: 313
5 rooms: 320
6 rooms: 180
7 rooms: 77
8 rooms: 26
9 or more rooms: 8

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

no bedroom: 8
1 bedroom: 89
2 bedrooms: 602
3 bedrooms: 1,398
4 bedrooms: 182
5 or more bedrooms: 38

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Woodruff County:

no bedroom: 37
1 bedroom: 250
2 bedrooms: 474
3 bedrooms: 408
4 bedrooms: 45
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 169
1 vehicle: 762
2 vehicles: 932
3 vehicles: 350
4 vehicles: 77
5 or more vehicles: 27

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

no vehicle: 355
1 vehicle: 580
2 vehicles: 212
3 vehicles: 43
4 vehicles: 22
5 or more vehicles: 2

63% of Woodruff County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Arkansas.

Woodruff County:	63.3%
State average:	54.0%

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

This state: 7477
Northeast: 18
Midwest: 441
South: 615
West: 116

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,200

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 (46%)
Electricity (28%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
Wood (5%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (46%)
Electricity (37%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
Wood (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16

Here:	1.6%
Arkansas:	7.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17

Here:	3.2%
Arkansas:	6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20

Here:	9.1%
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)

Woodruff County government finances in 2004:

Charges - All Other: $2,585,000
Solid Waste Management: $14,000
Current Operations - Welfare - Other: $4,832,000
Regular Highways: $929,000

Police Protection: $629,000

Central Staff Services: $309,000

Libraries: $175,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $151,000

Financial Administration: $117,000

General Public Buildings: $110,000

Parks & Recreation: $103,000

Health Services - Other: $22,000

Solid Waste Management: $15,000

Air Transportation: $2,000
General - Interest on Debt: $7,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $390,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $109,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $75,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $34,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $481,000
Interest Earnings: $32,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,928,000
State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $2,365,000
Highways: $630,000

General Support: $345,000

All Other: $19,000
Tax - Total General Sales: $547,000
Property: $524,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $2,841,000

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