Howard County, Arkansas Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Howard County is 6th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in People per household

Howard County is 8th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Howard County is 9th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Foreign born residents

Howard County is 10th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Howard County is 11th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Howard County is 17th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Howard County is 20th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Howard County, Arkansas Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Howard County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	13,735	53rd	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	588.5	62nd	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	23.4	52nd	56	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Howard County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	11th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.8%	8th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.0%	49th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Howard County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.1%	53rd	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.7%	39th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Howard County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	75.7%	48th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	21.3%	28th	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	21st	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	21st	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	20th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	64th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	10th	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	55th	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Howard County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	51.3%	21st	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.5%	9th	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Howard County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	6,191	56th	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.0%	51st	15.2%	25.9%
Households	5,015	56th	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.4%	55th	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$71,900	54th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.7	6th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	48th	8,231	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Howard County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$18,415	44th	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$37,146	29th	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.6%	23rd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Howard County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Non-farm private establishments	290	46th	64,471	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,838	32nd	980,644	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	955	54th	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$160,839	42nd	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,402	17th	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,151	51st	$3,559,795	$613,795,732

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