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People QuickFacts | Desha County | Arkansas
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 2,959,373
Population, 2012 estimate | 12,545 | 2,949,828
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 13,008 | 2,915,916
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 1.5%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -3.6% | 1.2%
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, 2008-2012 | 87.5% | 83.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 2.3% | 4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 3.4% | 7.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 75.7% | 83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 12.8% | 19.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 808 | 242,151
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 22.4 | 21.3
Housing units, 2012 | 6,241 | 1,328,170
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 56.6% | 67.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 19.5% | 15.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $59,300 | $106,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 5,324 | 1,128,797
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.41 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $19,107 | $22,007
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $29,504 | $40,531
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 28.4% | 18.7%
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