Pope County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 53,55183.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,9519.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,8993.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,5422.4%Two or more races
  • 6711.0%Asian alone
  • 3540.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 130.02%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: $824 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $733 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Pope County is $369 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $478 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $674 a month.

Cities in this county include: Russellville, Atkins, Dover, Pottsville, London, Hector.

Neighboring counties: Blaine County, Oklahoma , Canadian County, Oklahoma , Cumberland County, Tennessee , Dewey County, Oklahoma , Le Flore County, Oklahoma , McIntosh County, Oklahoma , McNairy County, Tennessee , Pamlico County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 3,951
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,677 (27.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,0572010 or later
• 8672000 to 2009
• 9081990 to 1999
• 2391980 to 1989
• 1081970 to 1979
• 141Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 18,968
• One, attached: 141
• Two: 550
• 3 or 4: 1,905
• 5 to 9: 1,009
• 10 to 19: 521
• 20 to 49: 169
• 50 or more: 256
• Mobile homes: 3,055
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 89

Housing units in Pope County with a mortgage: 8,359 (100 second mortgage, 468 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,246

Religion statistics for Pope County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Pope 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, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 27, 2009 to May 23, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1845: June 16, 2009, FEMA Id: 1845, 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
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 05, 2008 to February 12, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1744: February 07, 2008, FEMA Id: 1744, 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 Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 12, 2000 to January 08, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1354: December 29, 2000, FEMA Id: 1354, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Severe Storms/Tornadoes, Incident Period: March 01, 1997 to March 04, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1162: March 02, 1997, FEMA Id: 1162, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.21% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,112 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.99% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($23,437 average AGI)
2.22% relocated from other states ($20,675 average AGI)

Pope County:	2.22%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Yell County, AR	0.98% ($32,224 average AGI)
from Johnson County, AR	0.36% ($36,579)
from Faulkner County, AR	0.31% ($32,719)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.30% ($56,794)
from Conway County, AR	0.26% ($32,833)
from Washington County, AR	0.21% ($34,233)
from Sebastian County, AR	0.14% ($43,103)

6.59% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($35,921 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.55% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($23,546 average AGI)
2.04% relocated to other states ($12,374 average AGI)

Pope County:	2.04%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Yell County, AR	1.02% ($29,693 average AGI)
to Faulkner County, AR	0.51% ($39,561)
to Johnson County, AR	0.40% ($32,518)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.35% ($36,419)
to Washington County, AR	0.30% ($37,266)
to Conway County, AR	0.28% ($31,576)
to Benton County, AR	0.24% ($44,840)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Pope County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 11,257 (2,866 living alone), Female householders: 11,426 (3,771 living alone)

• 11,215 spouses (11,121 opposite-sex spouses), 1,291 unmarried partners, (1,206 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 17,861 children (16,380 natural, 407 adopted, 1,066 stepchildren), 1,923 grandchildren, 995 brothers or sisters, 725 parents, 115 foster children, 999 other relatives, 3,014 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,410

Size of family households: 6,937 2-persons, 3,674 3-persons, 2,575 4-persons, 1,236 5-persons, 284 6-persons, 266 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,618 1-person, 1,143 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 75 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 14 6-persons.

8,952 married couples with children.
3,542 single-parent households (960 men, 2,582 women).

91.6% of residents of Pope speak English at home.
6.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $288,945,000 ($5,166 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $16,851,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $136,027,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $58,100,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,027,000
Federal grants: $65,657,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,723,000 ($70,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $23,412,000 ($8,165,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,796,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $29,837,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,859,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.21 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Pope County, Arkansas
• 1,3712014 or later
• 8902010 to 2013
• 3,8822000 to 2009
• 5,5691990 to 1999
• 4,8791980 to 1989
• 4,9371970 to 1979
• 2,1521960 to 1969
• 9891950 to 1959
• 8691940 to 1949
• 1,0981939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Pope County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pope County, Arkansas
• 951 room
• 242 rooms
• 3103 rooms
• 1,4384 rooms
• 4,1855 rooms
• 3,5546 rooms
• 2,5757 rooms
• 1,6128 rooms
• 1,7949+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pope County, Arkansas
• 1471 room
• 2682 rooms
• 1,1263 rooms
• 2,0404 rooms
• 2,0685 rooms
• 7676 rooms
• 3287 rooms
• 1818 rooms
• 1579+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Pope County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Pope County, Arkansas
• 108no bedroom
• 2781 bedroom
• 2,1852 bedrooms
• 9,9503 bedrooms
• 2,5084 bedrooms
• 5625+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pope County, Arkansas
• 158no bedroom
• 1,1991 bedroom
• 3,0542 bedrooms
• 2,2533 bedrooms
• 4034 bedrooms
• 195+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Pope County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 339no vehicle
• 3,9951 vehicle
• 6,6172 vehicles
• 3,2013 vehicles
• 1,0534 vehicles
• 3945+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Pope County in renter-occupied apartments
• 907no vehicle
• 3,6821 vehicle
• 1,9322 vehicles
• 3273 vehicles
• 2304 vehicles
• 45+ vehicles

83.4% of Pope County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 38,882
• Other state: 20,973
• Northeast: 1,086
• Midwest: 5,358
• South: 8,642
• West: 5,982

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,794
• Number of aged recipients: 138
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,656
• Number of recipients under 18: 301
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,172
• Number of recipients older than 64: 321
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 790
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 747

Pope County on our top lists:

• #28 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #68 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+)"
• #70 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"