Phillips County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 11,95845.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,41824.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3621.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 820.3%Two or more races
  • 20.01%Some other race alone

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: $658 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $334 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Phillips County is $381 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $594 a month.

Cities in this county include: Helena-West Helena, West Helena, Helena, Marvell, Elaine, Lake View, Lexa.

Neighboring counties: Bladen County, North Carolina , DeKalb County, Alabama , Itawamba County, Mississippi , McCurtain County, Oklahoma , St. Francis County , Foard County, Texas .

Current college students: 923
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 86 (111.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 02010 or later
• 392000 to 2009
• 151990 to 1999
• 481980 to 1989
• 461970 to 1979
• 72Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 81.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,286
• One, attached: 10
• Two: 1,091
• 3 or 4: 295
• 5 to 9: 343
• 10 to 19: 211
• 20 to 49: 92
• 50 or more: 53
• Mobile homes: 975
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Housing units in Phillips County with a mortgage: 1,097 (27 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,571

Religion statistics for Phillips County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Phillips County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Arkansas Severe Storms And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 12, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4556-AR: July 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4556, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• 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: March 08, 2016 to March 13, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4270: May 06, 2016, FEMA Id: 4270, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 02, 2008 to May 12, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1758: May 20, 2008, FEMA Id: 1758, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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 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
• Arkansas Ice Storm, Winter Storm, Severe Storm, Incident Period: February 09, 1994 to February 10, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1011: February 28, 1994, FEMA Id: 1011, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Winter Storm, Storm
• Arkansas SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, Incident Period: November 15, 1988 to November 20, 1988, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-817: November 23, 1988, FEMA Id: 817, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.39% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($25,904 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.17% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($12,766 average AGI)
2.22% relocated from other states ($13,138 average AGI)

Phillips County:	2.22%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Pulaski County, AR

0.57% ($20,353 average AGI)

6.85% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,280 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.10% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($18,266 average AGI)
2.75% relocated to other states ($14,012 average AGI)

Phillips County:	2.75%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Pulaski County, AR	1.20% ($27,397 average AGI)
to Craighead County, AR	0.59% ($24,056)
to Shelby County, TN	0.36% ($31,045)
to DeSoto County, MS	0.33% ($17,150)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 19.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 17.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Phillips County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 24%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,686 (1,127 living alone), Female householders: 3,834 (1,377 living alone)

• 2,670 spouses (2,652 opposite-sex spouses), 268 unmarried partners, (259 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,235 children (4,975 natural, 16 adopted, 239 stepchildren), 1,791 grandchildren, 344 brothers or sisters, 131 parents, 21 foster children, 259 other relatives, 351 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 216

Size of family households: 2,450 2-persons, 997 3-persons, 886 4-persons, 264 5-persons, 119 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,505 1-person, 223 2-persons, 21 3-persons.

1,340 married couples with children.
2,099 single-parent households (292 men, 1,807 women).

98.8% of residents of Phillips speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (99% speak English very well, 1% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $271,301,000 ($11,161 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,370,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $66,025,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,636,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $30,454,000
Federal grants: $107,263,000
Federal procurement contracts: $8,211,000 ($445,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,711,000 ($1,594,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $5,902,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,504,000
Federal Government insurance: $65,257,000

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

Here:	-127 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.46 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 1722014 or later
• 212010 to 2013
• 6212000 to 2009
• 1,0451990 to 1999
• 9671980 to 1989
• 2,7491970 to 1979
• 1,6621960 to 1969
• 1,3021950 to 1959
• 6661940 to 1949
• 1,0201939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Phillips County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 11 room
• 112 rooms
• 373 rooms
• 1554 rooms
• 1,1095 rooms
• 8656 rooms
• 6057 rooms
• 3078 rooms
• 5069+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 101 room
• 02 rooms
• 4183 rooms
• 1,1334 rooms
• 1,2995 rooms
• 5486 rooms
• 3547 rooms
• 798 rooms
• 469+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Phillips County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 1no bedroom
• 371 bedroom
• 5072 bedrooms
• 2,5113 bedrooms
• 4804 bedrooms
• 725+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 10no bedroom
• 4161 bedroom
• 1,6462 bedrooms
• 1,6563 bedrooms
• 1634 bedrooms
• 385+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Phillips County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 191no vehicle
• 1,1001 vehicle
• 1,4812 vehicles
• 6923 vehicles
• 1344 vehicles
• 25+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Phillips County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,123no vehicle
• 1,4841 vehicle
• 9362 vehicles
• 2543 vehicles
• 1104 vehicles
• 55+ vehicles

80.1% of Phillips County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 14,892
• Other state: 3,629
• Northeast: 100
• Midwest: 691
• South: 2,664
• West: 128

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,244
• Number of aged recipients: 249
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,995
• Number of recipients under 18: 502
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,178
• Number of recipients older than 64: 564
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 877
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,055