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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Yell County is 2nd in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Foreign born residents

Yell County is 2nd in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Yell County is 3rd in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in People per household

Yell County is 5th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Size in square miles

Yell County is 7th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Asian

Yell County is 10th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Yell County is 14th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Yell County, Arkansas Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Yell County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	21,932	33rd	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	930.0	5th	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	23.9	49th	56	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Yell County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	14th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	10th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.9%	50th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Yell County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.8%	72nd	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.5%	62nd	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Yell County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	94.3%	24th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	52nd	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	25th	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	7th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	58th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	2nd	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.8%	42nd	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Yell County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	50.1%	62nd	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	13.2%	2nd	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Yell County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	9,765	38th	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.9%	46th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	7,927	38th	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.8%	39th	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$79,900	34th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.7	3rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	64th	8,231	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Yell County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$17,367	59th	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$37,477	28th	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.5%	47th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Yell County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Non-farm private establishments	316	44th	64,471	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,794	38th	980,644	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,297	46th	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$109,292	52nd	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,001	63rd	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,171	50th	$3,559,795	$613,795,732

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