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Cross County Quick Facts

Browse more data sets for Cross County, Arkansas at the Census Bureau

People QuickFacts Cross County Arkansas
Population, 2006 estimate 19,056 2,810,872
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 -2.4% 5.1%
Population, 2000 19,526 2,673,400
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 6.8% 6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 25.7% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 13.7% 13.9%
Female persons, percent, 2006 51.3% 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 75.5% 81.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 23.1% 15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.3% 0.8%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.4% 1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) Z 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 0.6% 1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 1.3% 5.0%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 74.5% 76.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 58.9% 53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.0% 2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 2.6% 5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 68.3% 75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 9.9% 16.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 4,879 576,471
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.4 21.9
Housing units, 2006 8,448 1,273,615
Homeownership rate, 2000 70.8% 69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 9.4% 13.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $61,500 $72,800
Households, 2000 7,391 1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000 2.60 2.49
Median household income, 2004 $30,771 $35,295
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,726 $16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 18.9% 15.6%

Business QuickFacts Cross County Arkansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 408 66,039
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 4,379 1,017,424
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 -5.8% 2.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 1,236 186,786
Total number of firms, 2002 1,401 209,010
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.1%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 23.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 221,984 46,721,413
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 620,626 45,185,963
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 116,141 34,470,795
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 136,517 25,611,630
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $7,058 $9,459
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 8,680 2,766,905
Building permits, 2006 38 13,885
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 160,038 19,488,822

Geography QuickFacts Cross County Arkansas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 615.85 52,068.17
Persons per square mile, 2000 31.7 51.3
FIPS Code 037 05
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None  

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information F: Fewer than 100 firms FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards X: Not applicable Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report