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Arkansas County Social Statistics

1990 Census of Population and Housing
STF-3A, (one in six sample data)

For more detailed data please contact Jerry Bell (jlbell@ualr.edu), UALR IEA.

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Urban and Rural Residence


          Total population...............................................          21,653
          Urban population....................................................     13,973
              Percent of total population.....................................       64.5
          Rural population....................................................      7,680
              Percent of total population.....................................       35.5
            Farm population...................................................      1,020

School Enrollment


          Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................           5,510
          Preprimary school...................................................        339
          Elementary or high school...........................................      4,476
            Percent in private school.........................................        3.6
          College.............................................................        695

Education Attainment


          Persons 25 years and over.........................................       14,059
          Less than 9th grade.................................................      2,888
          9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................      2,577
          High school graduate................................................      4,934
          Some college, no degree.............................................      1,921
          Associates degree...................................................        294
          Bachelor's degree...................................................      1,044
          Graduate or professional degree.....................................        401

          Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       61.1
          Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       10.3

Residence in 1985


          Persons 5 years and over......................................           20,193
          Lived in same house.................................................     12,498
          Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      7,659
            Same State........................................................      6,639
              Same county.....................................................      5,121
              Different county................................................      1,518
            Different State...................................................      1,020
          Lived abroad........................................................         36

Disability of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Persons


          Persons 16 to 64 years........................................           12,643
          With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        733
            With a mobility limitation........................................        337
            With a self-care limitation.......................................        546
          With a work disability..............................................      1,347
              In labor force..................................................        586
            Prevented from working............................................        640
                Persons 65 years and over.....................................      3,329
          With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        810
            With a mobility limitation........................................        631
            With a self-care limitation.......................................        575

Children Ever Born per 1,000 Women


          Women 15 to 24 years................................................        367
          Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,626
          Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,116

Veteran Status


            Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................    2,145
            65 years and over.................................................        656

Nativity and Place of Birth


          Native population...................................................      1,585
              Percent born in state of residence..............................       84.5
          Foreign-born population.............................................         29
            Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         10

Language Spoken at Home


              Persons 5 years and over........................................     20,193
          Speak a language other than English.................................        424
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................        147
            Speak Spanish.....................................................        251
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................         65
            Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         12
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................          2

Ancestry


          Total ancestries reported.........................................       22,818
          Arab................................................................          0
          Austrian............................................................          6
          Belgian.............................................................          0
          Canadian............................................................          4
          Czech...............................................................         25
          Danish..............................................................         24
          Dutch...............................................................        570
          English.............................................................      2,236
          Finnish.............................................................          4
          French (except Basque)..............................................        859
          French Canadian.....................................................         66
          German..............................................................      4,687
          Greek...............................................................          0
          Hungarian...........................................................         10
          Irish...............................................................      4,099
          Italian.............................................................        243
          Lithuanian..........................................................          8
          Norwegian...........................................................         59
          Polish..............................................................         69
          Portuguese..........................................................          6
          Romanian............................................................          0
          Russian.............................................................         13
          Scotch-Irish........................................................        504
          Scottish............................................................        181
          Slovak..............................................................        196
          Subsaharan African..................................................          9
          Swedish.............................................................         43
          Swiss...............................................................         31
          Ukrainian...........................................................          0
          United States or American...........................................      2,658
          Welsh...............................................................         82
          West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          0
          Yugoslavian.........................................................          0
          Other ancestries....................................................      6,126



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