Beech township, Miller County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 103.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population: 3,284 (all rural)
Males: 1,661 | (50.6%) |
Females: 1,623 | (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,284 (2,573 owner occupied, 711 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 22% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Beech township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.9%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 32.5
Median age of females: 34.4
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Average household size: 2.77
Beech township: | 2.8 people |
Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.13
Beech township: | $40,189 |
Arkansas: | $40,511 |
Here: | $521 |
State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $94,805 (it was $60,200 in 2000)
: | $94,805 |
Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Population density: 32 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 2.9% |
Whole state: | 15.8% |
Cities in this township include: Fouke.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Beech township: Boggy Creek Volunteer Fire Department (A), Booker Bridge Fire Department (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Beech township include: Antioch Church (A), Corinth Church (B), Fairland Church (C), Independence Church (D), Little Church (E), Macedonia Church (F), Rocky Mound Church (G), Springhill Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Phylaw Cemetery (1), Rocky Mound Cemetery (2), Fouke Cemetery (3), McKenzie Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Ford Slough (A), Moes Slough (B), Snake Lake (C), Elliott Slough (D), Fish Lake (E), Crabtree Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mill Creek (A), Days Creek (B), Chicken Creek (C), Boggy Creek (D), Old Channel McKinney Bayou (E), Sulphur River (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
74% of Beech township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 688
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 61
- South: 9
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 279
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,800
Housing units in Beech township with a mortgage: 87 (9 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 45
- Construction (17%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Beech township:
- German (47.4%)
- United States or American (13.6%)
- Swedish (13.4%)
- English (6.4%)
- Norwegian (4.0%)
- Irish (3.1%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 416 (80%)
- Carpooled: 40 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 52 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.9% of residents of Beech township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 781- In family households: 714 (193 male householders, 52 female householders)
230 spouses, 230 children (207 natural, 0 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (32 male householders (16 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 133 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 16 2-persons,
703 married couples with children.
156 single-parent households (45 men, 111 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 15.5% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.4% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
Here: | 42.1% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |