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Baxter 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...............................................          31,186
          Urban population....................................................      9,027
              Percent of total population.....................................       28.9
          Rural population....................................................     22,159
              Percent of total population.....................................       71.1
            Farm population...................................................        540

School Enrollment


          Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................           5,352
          Preprimary school...................................................        288
          Elementary or high school...........................................      4,357
            Percent in private school.........................................        3.5
          College.............................................................        707

Education Attainment


          Persons 25 years and over.........................................       23,364
          Less than 9th grade.................................................      3,130
          9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................      4,361
          High school graduate................................................      8,307
          Some college, no degree.............................................      4,231
          Associates degree...................................................        899
          Bachelor's degree...................................................      1,661
          Graduate or professional degree.....................................        775

          Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       67.9
          Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       10.4

Residence in 1985


          Persons 5 years and over......................................           29,727
          Lived in same house.................................................     16,299
          Lived in different house in U.S.....................................     13,390
            Same State........................................................      7,138
              Same county.....................................................      5,105
              Different county................................................      2,033
            Different State...................................................      6,252
          Lived abroad........................................................         38

Disability of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Persons


          Persons 16 to 64 years........................................           16,678
          With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        789
            With a mobility limitation........................................        593
            With a self-care limitation.......................................        405
          With a work disability..............................................      2,371
              In labor force..................................................        598
            Prevented from working............................................      1,542
                Persons 65 years and over.....................................      8,750
          With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................      1,336
            With a mobility limitation........................................        970
            With a self-care limitation.......................................        801

Children Ever Born per 1,000 Women


          Women 15 to 24 years................................................        354
          Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,617
          Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,049

Veteran Status


          Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      5,216
            65 years and over.................................................      2,345

Nativity and Place of Birth


          Native population...................................................      1,585
              Percent born in state of residence..............................       36.5
          Foreign-born population.............................................        615
            Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         18

Language Spoken at Home


          Persons 5 years and over........................................         29,727
          Speak a language other than English.................................      1,043
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................        348
            Speak Spanish.....................................................        222
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................         49
            Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         31
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................         11

Ancestry


          Total ancestries reported.........................................       36,990
          Arab................................................................         25
          Austrian............................................................        139
          Belgian.............................................................         23
          Canadian............................................................         18
          Czech...............................................................        365
          Danish..............................................................        217
          Dutch...............................................................      1,453
          English.............................................................      5,777
          Finnish.............................................................         40
          French (except Basque)..............................................      1,277
          French Canadian.....................................................        139
          German..............................................................      8,833
          Greek...............................................................         56
          Hungarian...........................................................        140
          Irish...............................................................      6,126
          Italian.............................................................        506
          Lithuanian..........................................................        135
          Norwegian...........................................................        374
          Polish..............................................................      1,116
          Portuguese..........................................................         53
          Romanian............................................................         25
          Russian.............................................................         61
          Scotch-Irish........................................................      1,012
          Scottish............................................................        646
          Slovak..............................................................        169
          Subsaharan African..................................................          8
          Swedish.............................................................        581
          Swiss...............................................................         90
          Ukrainian...........................................................         41
          United States or American...........................................      3,527
          Welsh...............................................................        295
          West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          9
          Yugoslavian.........................................................         22
          Other ancestries....................................................      3,692



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