Baxter County, Arkansas

Baxter County is a located in the  of. It is in the northern part of the state, and shares a border with.

The is. Baxter County is Arkansas's 66th county, formed on  and named for, the tenth governor of Arkansas.

As of the, the county's population was 38,386 in 2000. As of July of, the county's population is 41,307. []

The Baxter Bulletin weekly was named in  by the  as the "Best Overall Weekly Newspaper in the United States" in the over 10,000-circulation category. At the time it was published by and was the largest weekly paper in Arkansas.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,520 (587 ). 1,436 km² (554 sq mi) of it is land and 84 km² (32 sq mi) of it (5.52%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 38,386 people, 17,052 households, and 11,799 families residing in the county. The was 27/km² (69/sq mi). There were 19,891 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (36/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.81%, 0.11% or , 0.52% , 0.34% , 0.02% , 0.22% from , and 0.97% from two or more races. 1.00% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 17,052 households out of which 22.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.00% were living together, 7.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.80% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.65.

In the county the population was spread out with 19.00% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 21.10% from 25 to 44, 27.40% from 45 to 64, and 26.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 92.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,106, and the median income for a family was $34,578. Males had a median income of $25,976 versus $18,923 for females. The for the county was $16,859. About 7.90% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the, including 14.70% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over.