Washington County, Arkansas

Washington County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 157,715. The is. Washington County is Arkansas's seventeenth county, formed on, and named for , the first.

Washington County is part of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,476 (956 ). 2,460 km² (950 sq mi) of it is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.66%) is water.

Adjacent counties
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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 157,715 people, 60,151 households, and 39,459 families residing in the county. The was 64/km² (166/sq mi). There were 64,330 housing units at an average density of 26/km² (68/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.00%, 2.24% or , 1.25% , 1.54% , 0.53% , 4.26% from , and 2.17% from two or more races. 8.20% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 60,151 households out of which 32.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.30% were living together, 9.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.40% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 15.30% from 18 to 24, 30.20% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 9.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 100.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,691, and the median income for a family was $42,795. Males had a median income of $29,428 versus $21,769 for females. The for the county was $17,347. About 9.40% of families and 14.60% of the population were below the, including 16.50% of those under age 18 and 10.20% of those age 65 or over.

External link

 * Washington County government's website