Crawford County, Arkansas (AR)

• 
• • 52,85684.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,0218.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,8382.9%Two or more races
  • 1,1821.9%Asian alone
  • 1,0331.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 8881.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 250.04%Some other race alone
  • 220.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Health of residents in Crawford County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

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: $764 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $663 (0.6%)

Area name: Fort Smith, AR-OK HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Crawford County is $381 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $474 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $631 a month.

Cities in this county include: Van Buren, Alma, Mulberry, Cedarville, Kibler, Mountainburg, Dyer, Chester, Rudy.

Neighboring counties: Conway County , Catawba County, North Carolina , Franklin County, Tennessee , Tipton County, Tennessee , Williamson County, Tennessee .

Current college students: 1,655
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,675 (36.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6712010 or later
• 6972000 to 2009
• 7771990 to 1999
• 5931980 to 1989
• 751970 to 1979
• 157Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 46.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 20,607
• One, attached: 228
• Two: 1,126
• 3 or 4: 427
• 5 to 9: 753
• 10 to 19: 431
• 20 to 49: 116
• 50 or more: 269
• Mobile homes: 3,196
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14

Housing units in Crawford County with a mortgage: 9,921 (74 second mortgage, 283 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,330

Religion statistics for Crawford County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Crawford 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 And Flooding, Incident Period: May 21, 2019, FEMA Id: 4441, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 05, 2013 to December 07, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4160: January 06, 2014, FEMA Id: 4160, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 24, 2011 to May 26, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4000: July 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 4000, 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 Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1819: February 06, 2009, FEMA Id: 1819, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 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
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.46% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($37,344 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.02% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($24,998 average AGI)
2.44% relocated from other states ($12,346 average AGI)

Crawford County:	2.44%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Sebastian County, AR	3.37% ($34,551 average AGI)
from Washington County, AR	0.36% ($41,129)
from Sequoyah County, OK	0.27% ($32,057)
from Franklin County, AR	0.25% ($36,100)
from Benton County, AR	0.21% ($53,244)
from Le Flore County, OK	0.20% ($27,154)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.14% ($35,929)

7.39% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($37,624 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.00% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($24,297 average AGI)
2.38% relocated to other states ($13,327 average AGI)

Crawford County:	2.38%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Sebastian County, AR	3.27% ($32,820 average AGI)
to Washington County, AR	0.41% ($39,813)
to Franklin County, AR	0.29% ($43,912)
to Sequoyah County, OK	0.28% ($36,464)
to Benton County, AR	0.26% ($52,808)
to Le Flore County, OK	0.21% ($31,071)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.11% ($44,909)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Crawford County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 12,292 (2,761 living alone), Female householders: 11,770 (3,499 living alone)

• 12,751 spouses (12,611 opposite-sex spouses), 1,080 unmarried partners, (1,055 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18,305 children (16,397 natural, 853 adopted, 1,066 stepchildren), 2,587 grandchildren, 441 brothers or sisters, 839 parents, 179 foster children, 898 other relatives, 1,392 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 622

Size of family households: 8,075 2-persons, 3,649 3-persons, 2,656 4-persons, 1,854 5-persons, 591 6-persons, 377 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,242 1-person, 829 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 26 4-persons.

8,677 married couples with children.
3,896 single-parent households (956 men, 2,940 women).

92.5% of residents of Crawford speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $261,883,000 ($4,629 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $17,581,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $144,472,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,014,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,097,000
Federal grants: $46,799,000
Federal procurement contracts: $10,247,000 ($8,707,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,255,000 ($506,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,344,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $31,607,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,353,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 17.14 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Crawford County, Arkansas
• 1,0072014 or later
• 1,2192010 to 2013
• 4,4462000 to 2009
• 5,8861990 to 1999
• 4,7581980 to 1989
• 4,5031970 to 1979
• 2,1341960 to 1969
• 1,1991950 to 1959
• 9791940 to 1949
• 8791939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Crawford County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Crawford County, Arkansas
• 1251 room
• 582 rooms
• 4013 rooms
• 1,6684 rooms
• 4,6045 rooms
• 4,9626 rooms
• 3,2517 rooms
• 1,5238 rooms
• 1,6349+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Crawford County, Arkansas
• 2331 room
• 2182 rooms
• 7263 rooms
• 1,2124 rooms
• 1,8045 rooms
• 9006 rooms
• 2887 rooms
• 2218 rooms
• 2119+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Crawford County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Crawford County, Arkansas
• 131no bedroom
• 5241 bedroom
• 3,1702 bedrooms
• 10,9633 bedrooms
• 3,0244 bedrooms
• 4545+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Crawford County, Arkansas
• 248no bedroom
• 7621 bedroom
• 2,3872 bedrooms
• 2,0753 bedrooms
• 2504 bedrooms
• 705+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Crawford County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 327no vehicle
• 4,6581 vehicle
• 8,1312 vehicles
• 3,6403 vehicles
• 1,0894 vehicles
• 3905+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Crawford County in renter-occupied apartments
• 766no vehicle
• 2,9221 vehicle
• 1,6612 vehicles
• 3443 vehicles
• 504 vehicles
• 375+ vehicles

86.1% of Crawford County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 39,874
• Other state: 20,068
• Northeast: 1,452
• Midwest: 4,523
• South: 8,276
• West: 5,933

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,833
• Number of aged recipients: 126
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,707
• Number of recipients under 18: 320
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,253
• Number of recipients older than 64: 260
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 749
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 784

Crawford County on our top lists:

• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #16 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #66 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+)"