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People QuickFacts | Desha County | Arkansas
Population, 2012 estimate | 12,545 | 2,949,131
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 13,008 | 2,915,919
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -3.6% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 13,008 | 2,915,918
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.9% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.7% | 24.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.1% | 15.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 53.0% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 49.6% | 80.0%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 48.6% | 15.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.9%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 0.9% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.6% | 6.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 46.3% | 73.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.6% | 82.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.5% | 6.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 75.5% | 82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.4% | 19.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 845 | 245,969
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.4 | 21.2
Housing units, 2011 | 6,174 | 1,324,369
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 58.8% | 67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.3% | 15.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $58,100 | $105,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 5,313 | 1,121,386
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.45 | 2.51
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $19,320 | $21,833
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $30,786 | $40,149
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 23.8% | 18.4%
Business QuickFacts | Desha County | Arkansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 323 | 64,471
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 3,531 | 980,644
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.4% | 1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 708 | 193,329
Total number of firms, 2007 | 840 | 238,994
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.1%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.4% | 24.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 400,820 | 60,735,582
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 230,922 | 29,659,789
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 119,201 | 32,974,282
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,691 | $11,602
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,790 | 3,559,795
Building permits, 2012 | 18 | 8,231
Geography QuickFacts | Desha County | Arkansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 768.15 | 52,035.48
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 16.9 | 56
FIPS Code | 41 | 5
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts