Prairie County is located in central Arkansas, just east of Little Rock. The county has two county seats, Des Arc and De Valls Bluff. Prairie County was formed in 1846, and was named for the Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas. Prairie County has a total area of 676 square miles, of which 646 square miles is land, and 30 square miles (4.41%) is water. Based on the latest census, there were 9,539 people, 3,894 households, and 2,795 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 persons per square mile. There were 4,790 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile....
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Prairie County is located in central Arkansas, just east of Little Rock. The county has two county seats, Des Arc and De Valls Bluff. Prairie County was formed in 1846, and was named for the Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas. Prairie County has a total area of 676 square miles, of which 646 square miles is land, and 30 square miles (4.41%) is water. Based on the latest census, there were 9,539 people, 3,894 households, and 2,795 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 persons per square mile. There were 4,790 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile.
The racial makeup of the county was 84.83% White, 13.71% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.28% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 3,894 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.60% were married couples living together, 11.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the county the population was spread out with 23.90% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 25.10% from 45 to 64, and 17.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.40 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $29,990, and the median income for a family was $36,131. Males had a median income of $28,413 versus $18,808 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,907. About 12.20% of families and 15.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.00% of those under age 18 and 16.80% of those age 65 or over.
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