Newton County, AR Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Arkansas



Newton County, Arkansas

People QuickFactsNewton CountyArkansas
Population, 2005 estimate 8,4522,779,154
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.8%4.0%
Population, 2000 8,6082,673,400
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.5%6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 21.6%24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 16.1%13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.3%51.0%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)98.2%81.3%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.5%0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.9%1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)1.2%4.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 97.0%77.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 62.2%53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.5%2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 1.6%5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 70.2%75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 11.8%16.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 2,169576,471
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 35.921.9
Housing units, 2005 4,4451,249,116
Homeownership rate, 2000 81.5%69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 3.7%13.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $50,100$72,800
Households, 2000 3,5001,042,696
Persons per household, 2000 2.442.49
Median household income, 2003 $25,821$33,445
Per capita money income, 1999 $13,788$16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 19.9%16.0%
Business QuickFactsNewton CountyArkansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 10765,2911
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 7261,007,5121
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 14.2%1.7%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 798177,721
Total number of firms, 2002 823209,010
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.1%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 26.0%23.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA46,721,413
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D34,470,795
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 24,93125,611,630
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $2,931$9,459
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 3,8182,766,905
Building permits, 2005 117,932
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 53,45419,488,8221
Geography QuickFactsNewton CountyArkansas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 82252,068
Persons per square mile, 2000 10.551.3
FIPS Code 10105
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Harrison, AR Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:03:38 EST
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