Benton County, Arkansas

Benton County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 153,406. The is. Benton County was formed on  and was named after,  from. It is an alcohol prohibition or.

Benton County is part of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,280 (880 ). 2,191 km² (846 sq mi) of it is land and 89 km² (34 sq mi) of it (3.89%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 153,406 people, 58,212 households, and 43,484 families residing in the county. The was 70/km² (181/sq mi). There were 64,281 housing units at an average density of 29/km² (76/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.87%, 0.41% or , 1.65% , 1.09% , 0.08% , 4.08% from , and 1.82% from two or more races. 8.78% of the population were or  of any race.

As of 2005 Benton County's population was 81.7% non-Hispanic white. 1.1% of the population was African-American. 1.6% of the population was Native American. 1.7% of the population was Asian. 0.2% of the population was Pacific Islander. 1.6% reported two or more races. 12.8% of the population was Latino.

There were 58,212 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.00% were living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.30% were non-families. 21.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% 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 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.60% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 29.40% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64, and 14.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,281, and the median income for a family was $45,235. Males had a median income of $30,327 versus $22,469 for females. The for the county was $19,377. About 7.30% of families and 10.10% of the population were below the, including 13.80% of those under age 18 and 7.30% of those age 65 or over.