Marion County, Arkansas

Marion County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,140. The is. Marion County is Arkansas's 35th county and its first following statehood, formed on  and named for, an  General in the. Prior to the 2006 general election, the county was a, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,658 (640 ). 1,548 km² (598 sq mi) of it is land and 110 km² (43 sq mi) of it (6.66%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,140 people, 6,776 households, and 4,871 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (27/sq mi). There were 8,235 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.52%, 0.12% or , 0.76% , 0.20% , 0.05% , 0.13% from , and 1.22% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,776 households out of which 26.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.30% were living together, 7.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.10% under the age of 18, 6.00% from 18 to 24, 23.30% from 25 to 44, 28.50% from 45 to 64, and 20.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 97.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,737, and the median income for a family was $32,181. Males had a median income of $22,877 versus $17,729 for females. The for the county was $14,588. About 11.50% of families and 15.20% of the population were below the, including 23.50% of those under age 18 and 14.40% of those age 65 or over.