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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Perry County is 2nd in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Home ownership rate

Perry County is 7th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Income per household

Perry County is 17th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Perry County is 20th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - White

Perry County, Arkansas Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	10,339	63rd	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	551.4	72nd	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	18.9	57th	56	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	49th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.9%	56th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.0%	28th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.5%	32nd	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.5%	54th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	95.4%	20th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.0%	49th	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	30th	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	71st	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	62nd	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	29th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	45th	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.1%	17th	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	50.4%	55th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	57th	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	4,907	64th	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.2%	75th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	4,013	63rd	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.8%	2nd	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$82,400	30th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.6	31st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	63rd	8,231	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$20,257	21st	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$42,514	7th	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.4%	69th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Non-farm private establishments	109	72nd	64,471	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	848	71st	980,644	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	636	64th	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$32,763	71st	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,162	73rd	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,718	70th	$3,559,795	$613,795,732

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