Desha County, Arkansas Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Desha County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Statewide Claims to Fame

Desha County is 2nd in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Female residents

Desha County is 7th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Desha County is 7th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Desha County is 8th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Desha County is 9th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Desha County is 16th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Income below poverty line

Desha County is 16th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Desha County is 19th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Size in square miles

Desha County, Arkansas Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Desha County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	12,545	57th	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	768.1	19th	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	16.9	63rd	56	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Desha County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	16th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	9th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.1%	46th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Desha County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.5%	60th	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.4%	29th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Desha County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	49.6%	69th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	48.6%	7th	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	64th	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	44th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	8th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	71st	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	23rd	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	46.3%	69th	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Desha County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	53.0%	2nd	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	25th	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Desha County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	6,174	57th	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.3%	7th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	5,313	54th	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	58.8%	71st	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$58,100	68th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	48th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	18	28th	8,231	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Desha County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$19,320	29th	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$30,786	63rd	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.8%	16th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Desha County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Non-farm private establishments	323	42nd	64,471	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,531	45th	980,644	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	840	59th	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$119,201	50th	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,691	41st	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,790	47th	$3,559,795	$613,795,732

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