Cleburne County, Arkansas

Cleburne County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 24,046. The county seat and largest city in the county is. Cleburne County was formed on, and named for  General. It is also the last of Arkansas's 75 counties to be formed. Cleburne is an alcohol prohibition or.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,533 (592 ). 1,432 km² (553 sq mi) of it is land and 101 km² (39 sq mi) of it (6.57%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 24,046 people, 10,190 households, and 7,408 families residing in the county. The was 17/km² (44/sq mi). There were 13,732 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (25/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.20%, 0.12% or , 0.47% , 0.15% , 0.02% , 0.15% from , and 0.89% from two or more races. 1.17% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 10,190 households out of which 26.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.70% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.30% 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 2.74.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.30% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 24.10% from 25 to 44, 26.90% from 45 to 64, and 21.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 93.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,531, and the median income for a family was $37,273. Males had a median income of $28,844 versus $19,672 for females. The for the county was $17,250. About 9.00% of families and 13.10% of the population were below the, including 17.10% of those under age 18 and 11.90% of those age 65 or over.