Clark County, Arkansas

Clark County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 23,546. The is. Clark County is Arkansas's third county, formed on, alongside  and  counties. The county is named after who at the time was Governor of the, which included present-day Arkansas. It is an alcohol prohibition or.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,286 (883 ). 2,241 km² (865 sq mi) of it is land and 44 km² (17 sq mi) of it (1.95%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 23,546 people, 8,912 households, and 5,819 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (27/sq mi). There were 10,166 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (12/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 74.28%, 22.02% or , 0.46% , 0.62% , 0.04% , 1.37% from , and 1.20% from two or more races. 2.40% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 8,912 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.80% were living together, 12.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.70% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.70% under the age of 18, 20.00% from 18 to 24, 23.80% from 25 to 44, 19.90% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 92.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,845, and the median income for a family was $37,092. Males had a median income of $28,692 versus $19,886 for females. The for the county was $14,533. About 13.50% of families and 19.10% of the population were below the, including 20.90% of those under age 18 and 18.40% of those age 65 or over.

Notable natives & trivia

 * On December 18, 1914 became the first person in Clark County to be executed by use of the . Prior to that, the primary way of execution was either by  or . It was the 314th documented  in Arkansas history, the fourth by . He was executed for murder, and the subject of an article by  entitled "Eight to die in Arkansas", making reference to eight men being executed in Arkansas over a sixteen day period. Although Clark County has sentenced many to death in its history, only five, including Hodges, were executed, all for the crime of murder. The other four were Louie McBryde, Willis Green, Anderson Mitchell, and Daniel Jones, the latter three being hanged together on March 15th, . These statistics do not include s, which were common in  Clark County, nor does it include firing squad executions committed during the  era.


 * The Clark County town of was once a childhood home to  film star.


 * great played his  for the  football team.


 * A  (or ), originally built in the early  for the  industry in the once-thriving Clark County  town of, was used in the   .


 * Though raised in, rising   got his start in Clark County, and once worked for the Arkadelphia Police Department.


 * , best known for his involvement in the investigation, is originally from, in Clark County, and also once worked for the Arkadelphia Police Department.


 * Actor, best known for playing "Niles the butler" in the television series , was born in.


 * Two modern politicians had roots in Arkadelphia: former, a  who served from -, and , a former member of the  who switched to the  to run unsuccessfully for state  in  and.