Cleveland County, Arkansas

Cleveland County is a located in the  of. Its population was 8,571 at the. It is included in the. The is at.

History
The Arkansas legislature established Dorsey County as Arkansas's 71st county on, , naming it for , the from Arkansas. When he was indicted for defrauding the Post Office, they renamed it on, for , the newly elected.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,551 (599 ). 1,548 km² (598 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.18%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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 * (southeast)
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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,571 people, 3,273 households, and 2,513 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (14/sq mi). There were 3,834 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 84.79%, 13.22% or , 0.32% , 0.14% , 0.04% , 0.68% from , and 0.83% from two or more races. 1.62% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,273 households out of which 34.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.70% were living together, 9.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.20% were non-families. 21.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 27.70% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,405, and the median income for a family was $38,164. Males had a median income of $31,282 versus $21,172 for females. The for the county was $15,362. About 11.40% of families and 15.20% of the population were below the, including 21.50% of those under age 18 and 15.70% of those age 65 or over.

Famous residents

 * , a er and political  who polled 31 percent of the vote against   in the   . He won in Cleveland County.


 * , the only major suspect in the Texarkana Phantom slayings, hailed from Cleveland County. He was the son of a Baptist minister.


 * Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland.


 * Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant was born near Kingsland.


 * Eric Grider-Songwriter/Singer raised near Rowell, resides in Nashville, TN.

County officials for 2007-2009

 * County Judge: Gary Spears
 * County Sheriff: Joe Paul King
 * County Clerk: Sharron Grey
 * County Treasurer: B. Tollison
 * County Tax Collector: M. Jacks
 * County Tax Assessor: R. Morgan

All six county officials are Democrats.

Gary Spears beat Bobby Hyatt in a run-off election. Current County Judge Vernon Dollar did not make the run-off. Gary Spears garnered the endorsement of another county judge candidate, Raymond Redmond, when Redmond withdrew from the Judge's race.

Treasurer Tollison beat Ray Redmond, Jr. in the Primary election. Redmond was one of the youngest county-wide candidates on the ballot in the United States during the 2006 primary election. He was 22 years old and a Democrat.

Collector Jacks beat Findley in the Primary Election by an overwhelming majority.

All other candidates were unopposed.