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People QuickFacts | Hempstead County | Arkansas
Population, 2012 estimate | 22,373 | 2,949,131
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 22,609 | 2,915,919
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.0% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 22,609 | 2,915,918
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.7% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 26.1% | 24.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.0% | 14.6%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.7% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 67.3% | 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 29.6% | 15.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.8% | 1.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 12.1% | 6.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 56.4% | 74.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.5% | 82.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.2% | 4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 10.3% | 6.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.5% | 82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 14.5% | 19.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,559 | 245,969
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.8 | 21.2
Housing units, 2011 | 10,376 | 1,324,369
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 69.8% | 67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.1% | 15.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $69,000 | $105,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 8,719 | 1,121,386
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.56 | 2.51
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,822 | $21,833
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,885 | $40,149
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.5% | 18.4%
Business QuickFacts | Hempstead County | Arkansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 399 | 65,158
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 6,308 | 965,474
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -18.9 | -2.6
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,076 | 192,034
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,578 | 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 | S | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.9% | 24.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 60,735,582
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 32,782 | 29,659,789
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 204,433 | 32,974,282
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,807 | $11,602
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 21,236 | 3,559,795
Building permits, 2011 | 49 | 6,800
Geography QuickFacts | Hempstead County | Arkansas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 727.52 | 52,035.48
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 31.1 | 56
FIPS Code | 57 | 5
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Hope, AR Micro 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