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St. Francis County Quick Facts

Browse more data sets for St. Francis County, Arkansas from the Census Bureau

People QuickFacts St. Francis County Arkansas
Population, 2001 estimate 28,952 2,692,090
Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -1.3% 0.7%
Population, 2000 29,329 2,673,400
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 2.9% 13.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.7% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.9% 25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 11.9% 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000 48.6% 51.2%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 48.4% 80.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 49.0% 15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6% 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4% 1.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.4% 1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 4.9% 3.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 45.1% 78.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 54.1% 53.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.3% 2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 2.2% 5.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 65.1% 75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 9.6% 16.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 6,506 576,471
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 22.2 21.9
Housing units, 2000 11,242 1,173,043
Homeownership rate, 2000 63.2% 69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 14.4% 13.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $56,000 $72,800
Households, 2000 10,043 1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000 2.65 2.49
Median household money income, 1999 $26,146 $32,182
Per capita money income, 1999 $12,483 $16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 27.5% 15.8%

Business QuickFacts St. Francis County Arkansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 586 62,737
Private nonfarm employment, 1999 6,950 954,948
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 11.3% 27.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,298 151,948
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 628,196 45,185,963
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 259,282 21,643,695
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,138 $8,575
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 20.1% 6.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 19.6% 22.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 80 9,203
Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 283,930 16,632,110
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,160 90,806

Geography QuickFacts St. Francis County Arkansas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 634 52,068
Persons per square mile, 2000 46.3 51.3
Metropolitan Area None  

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

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

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments