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People QuickFacts | Desha County | Arkansas
Population, 2013 estimate | 12,505 | 2,959,373
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 13,008 | 2,915,916
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -3.9% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 13,008 | 2,915,918
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.9% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 25.9% | 24.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 16.5% | 15.4%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 53.2% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 50.1% | 79.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 48.1% | 15.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 0.9% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 4.6% | 6.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 46.7% | 73.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 89.1% | 83.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 1.8% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 4.1% | 7.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 76.9% | 83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 12.7% | 20.1%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 754 | 237,311
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 21.5 | 21.3
Housing units, 2013 | 6,225 | 1,329,681
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 55.9% | 66.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 17.3% | 15.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $55,100 | $107,300
Households, 2009-2013 | 5,305 | 1,129,723
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.39 | 2.53
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $19,822 | $22,170
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $28,680 | $40,768
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 30.1% | 19.2%
Business QuickFacts | Desha County | Arkansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 322 | 64,815
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 3,377 | 978,519
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -4.4% | -0.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 736 | 192,746
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