Van Buren County, Arkansas

Van Buren County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,192. The is. The county was formed on, and named for , , who was  at the time of the county's formation and Arkansas's admission to the union. It is an alcohol prohibition or.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,876 (724 ). 1,843 km² (712 sq mi) of it is land and 33 km² (13 sq mi) of it (1.77%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,192 people, 6,825 households, and 4,804 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (23/sq mi). There were 9,164 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.79%, 0.31% or , 0.75% , 0.25% , 0.04% , 0.37% from , and 1.48% from two or more races. 1.33% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,825 households out of which 25.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.10% were living together, 7.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.50% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 23.00% from 25 to 44, 25.50% from 45 to 64, and 23.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,004, and the median income for a family was $32,284. Males had a median income of $25,821 versus $18,862 for females. The for the county was $16,603. About 11.60% of families and 15.40% of the population were below the, including 21.90% of those under age 18 and 10.60% of those age 65 or over.

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