Sebastian County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 87,84468.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 18,86314.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8,8917.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,6034.4%Asian alone
  • 5,3604.2%Two or more races
  • 9270.7%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 3390.3%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $190,798

Here:	$190,798
State:	$183,629

Townhouses or other attached units: $154,600

Here:	$154,600
State:	$177,096

In 2-unit structures: $158,663

Here:	$158,663
State:	$124,956

Mobile homes: $100,933

Here:	$100,933
State:	$68,924

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 50
• Burglaries: 149
• Thefts: 159
• Auto thefts: 11

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 38
• Burglaries: 111
• Thefts: 127
• Auto thefts: 15

Health of residents in Sebastian 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: $1,031 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $819 (0.6%)

Area name: Fort Smith, AR-OK HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sebastian 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: Fort Smith, Greenwood, Barling, Lavaca, Mansfield, Hartford, Hackett, Huntington, Central City, Bonanza.

Neighboring counties: Cross County , Clay County, North Carolina , Loudon County, Tennessee , Marshall County, Tennessee , Woodruff County .

Current college students: 4,352
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 25.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 11,242 (31.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,0382010 or later
• 3,0932000 to 2009
• 3,0401990 to 1999
• 1,9941980 to 1989
• 1,0771970 to 1979
• 392Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 40,086
• One, attached: 1,285
• Two: 4,323
• 3 or 4: 2,719
• 5 to 9: 1,892
• 10 to 19: 2,306
• 20 to 49: 1,323
• 50 or more: 1,693
• Mobile homes: 1,794

Housing units in Sebastian County with a mortgage: 15,692 (419 second mortgage, 336 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,563

Religion statistics for Sebastian County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Sebastian County:

Tornado activity:

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 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 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 Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 12, 2000 to January 08, 2001, Emergency Declared EM-3159: December 28, 2000, FEMA Id: 3159, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.83% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($37,830 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.35% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($15,510 average AGI)
3.48% relocated from other states ($22,321 average AGI)

Sebastian County:	3.48%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Crawford County, AR	1.46% ($32,820 average AGI)
from Le Flore County, OK	0.55% ($28,515)
from Sequoyah County, OK	0.37% ($31,189)
from Washington County, AR	0.30% ($39,470)
from Franklin County, AR	0.22% ($35,677)
from Scott County, AR	0.20% ($33,135)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.16% ($38,239)

7.12% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($47,931 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.44% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($19,073 average AGI)
3.68% relocated to other states ($28,858 average AGI)

Sebastian County:	3.68%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Crawford County, AR	1.50% ($34,551 average AGI)
to Le Flore County, OK	0.56% ($28,440)
to Washington County, AR	0.48% ($36,953)
to Sequoyah County, OK	0.37% ($30,085)
to Benton County, AR	0.33% ($49,193)
to Tulsa County, OK	0.18% ($51,620)
to Scott County, AR	0.17% ($31,092)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.7
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Sebastian County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 25,081 (6,225 living alone), Female householders: 26,303 (8,703 living alone)

• 22,881 spouses (22,758 opposite-sex spouses), 3,634 unmarried partners, (3,423 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 34,974 children (31,408 natural, 1,336 adopted, 2,230 stepchildren), 3,474 grandchildren, 1,083 brothers or sisters, 1,718 parents, 0 foster children, 2,704 other relatives, 4,110 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,865

Size of family households: 14,336 2-persons, 5,552 3-persons, 7,268 4-persons, 3,190 5-persons, 1,545 6-persons, 626 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 14,928 1-person, 3,295 2-persons, 495 3-persons, 149 5-persons.

18,680 married couples with children.
7,032 single-parent households (778 men, 6,254 women).

84.5% of residents of Sebastian speak English at home.
11.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $597,239,000 ($5,071 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $58,664,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $295,126,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $131,793,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $882,000
Federal grants: $82,048,000
Federal procurement contracts: $19,262,000 ($11,813,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $68,127,000 ($26,178,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $5,740,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $69,430,000
Federal Government insurance: $59,623,000

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

Here:	-19 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 29.90 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Sebastian County, Arkansas
• 3,2162014 or later
• 2,1672010 to 2013
• 5,2462000 to 2009
• 7,5371990 to 1999
• 7,8991980 to 1989
• 11,4811970 to 1979
• 5,4521960 to 1969
• 7,1831950 to 1959
• 3,1971940 to 1949
• 4,0431939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Sebastian County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sebastian County, Arkansas
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 3733 rooms
• 2,0374 rooms
• 5,4555 rooms
• 7,0466 rooms
• 6,2587 rooms
• 4,1138 rooms
• 3,9739+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sebastian County, Arkansas
• 9171 room
• 7962 rooms
• 3,8043 rooms
• 6,7264 rooms
• 5,1465 rooms
• 2,3516 rooms
• 1,4677 rooms
• 4078 rooms
• 5159+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Sebastian County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sebastian County, Arkansas
• 0no bedroom
• 7221 bedroom
• 3,6372 bedrooms
• 16,7813 bedrooms
• 6,5944 bedrooms
• 1,5215+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sebastian County, Arkansas
• 917no bedroom
• 4,2981 bedroom
• 8,5022 bedrooms
• 7,2503 bedrooms
• 8524 bedrooms
• 3105+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sebastian County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 574no vehicle
• 8,2711 vehicle
• 11,8352 vehicles
• 5,3583 vehicles
• 2,4504 vehicles
• 7675+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sebastian County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,604no vehicle
• 10,0901 vehicle
• 7,3872 vehicles
• 7663 vehicles
• 2824 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

82.6% of Sebastian County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 72,787
• Other state: 43,315
• Northeast: 2,610
• Midwest: 13,249
• South: 17,804
• West: 9,652

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,510
• Number of aged recipients: 261
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,249
• Number of recipients under 18: 653
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,348
• Number of recipients older than 64: 509
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,357
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,583

Sebastian County on our top lists:

• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"