Nevada County, Arkansas

Nevada County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 9,955. The is. Nevada County is Arkansas's 63rd county, formed on, and named for the State of  due to the perceived similarity between their physical shapes; the Arkansas county's shape roughly follows the same outline as the state's boundary when inverted. Contrasting with the name of the U.S. state, the local pronunciation for the southwestern Arkansas county is "nuh-VAY-duh". It is an alcohol prohibition or.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,608 (621 ). 1,606 km² (620 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.13%) is water. Nevada County is alternately considered as part of the greater regions of or Southwest Arkansas.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,955 people, 3,893 households, and 2,721 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (16/sq mi). There were 4,751 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 66.90%, 31.18% or , 0.38% , 0.06% , 0.85% from , and 0.62% from two or more races. 1.52% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,893 households out of which 31.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.90% were living together, 14.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.10% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.20% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 16.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,962, and the median income for a family was $33,095. Males had a median income of $27,888 versus $17,920 for females. The for the county was $14,184. About 18.30% of families and 22.80% of the population were below the, including 28.00% of those under age 18 and 27.10% of those age 65 or over.