Phillips County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 9,70360.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,40133.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3842.4%Two or more races
  • 3712.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 940.6%Asian alone
  • 220.1%Some other race alone
  • 10.01%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $131,512

Here:	$131,512
State:	$243,881

Mobile homes: $83,556

Here:	$83,556
State:	$79,566

Crime in 2000 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 15
• Thefts: 18
• Auto thefts: 4

Crime in 1999 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 130
• Thefts: 95
• Auto thefts: 30

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $864 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $334 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Phillips County is $381 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $594 a month.

Cities in this county include: Helena-West Helena, West Helena, Helena, Marvell, Elaine, Lake View, Lexa.

Neighboring counties: Bladen County, North Carolina , DeKalb County, Alabama , Itawamba County, Mississippi , McCurtain County, Oklahoma , St. Francis County , Foard County, Texas .

Current college students: 923
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 183 (36.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1312010 or later
• 362000 to 2009
• 211990 to 1999
• 481980 to 1989
• 461970 to 1979
• 72Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 90.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,010
• One, attached: 54
• Two: 587
• 3 or 4: 378
• 5 to 9: 180
• 10 to 19: 228
• 20 to 49: 133
• 50 or more: 23
• Mobile homes: 959

Housing units in Phillips County with a mortgage: 1,068 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0

Religion statistics for Phillips County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Phillips County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Arkansas Severe Storms And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 12, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4556-AR: July 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4556, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• Arkansas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4518, Natural disaster type: Other
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: March 08, 2016 to March 13, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4270: May 06, 2016, FEMA Id: 4270, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 14, 2011 to June 03, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1975: May 02, 2011, FEMA Id: 1975, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 02, 2008 to May 12, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1758: May 20, 2008, FEMA Id: 1758, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: March 18, 2008 to April 28, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1751: March 26, 2008, FEMA Id: 1751, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3215: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3215, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 02, 2003 to June 10, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1472: June 06, 2003, FEMA Id: 1472, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Ice Storm, Winter Storm, Severe Storm, Incident Period: February 09, 1994 to February 10, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1011: February 28, 1994, FEMA Id: 1011, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Winter Storm, Storm
• Arkansas SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, Incident Period: November 15, 1988 to November 20, 1988, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-817: November 23, 1988, FEMA Id: 817, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.16% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($27,398 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.58% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($17,534 average AGI)
1.58% relocated from other states ($9,864 average AGI)

Phillips County:	1.58%
Arkansas average:	3.41%

from Pulaski County, AR	0.66% ($19,971 average AGI)
from Craighead County, AR	0.38% ($37,950)

6.22% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($36,133 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.27% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($21,198 average AGI)
1.95% relocated to other states ($14,935 average AGI)

Phillips County:	1.95%
Arkansas average:	2.79%

to Pulaski County, AR	1.12% ($20,492 average AGI)
to Craighead County, AR	0.66% ($22,889)
to Shelby County, TN	0.44% ($35,333)
to Lee County, AR	0.42% ($30,913)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 19.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 17.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 13.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Phillips County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 24%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 2,760 (950 living alone), Female householders: 3,657 (1,562 living alone)

• 1,969 spouses (1,955 opposite-sex spouses), 296 unmarried partners, (248 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,335 children (5,129 natural, 60 adopted, 141 stepchildren), 1,083 grandchildren, 223 brothers or sisters, 181 parents, 3 foster children, 501 other relatives, 305 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 205

Size of family households: 1,955 2-persons, 644 3-persons, 760 4-persons, 126 5-persons, 179 6-persons, 90 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,517 1-person, 162 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 24 4-persons.

1,147 married couples with children.
2,168 single-parent households (46 men, 2,122 women).

98.1% of residents of Phillips speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $271,301,000 ($11,161 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,370,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $66,025,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,636,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $30,454,000
Federal grants: $107,263,000
Federal procurement contracts: $8,211,000 ($445,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,711,000 ($1,594,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $5,902,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,504,000
Federal Government insurance: $65,257,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-127 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.46 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 52020 or later
• 2172010 to 2019
• 6302000 to 2009
• 9651990 to 1999
• 1,2001980 to 1989
• 2,1601970 to 1979
• 1,4691960 to 1969
• 5861950 to 1959
• 4311940 to 1949
• 5471939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Phillips County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 103 rooms
• 2794 rooms
• 1,0465 rooms
• 7336 rooms
• 5307 rooms
• 3818 rooms
• 4729+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 111 room
• 62 rooms
• 4153 rooms
• 6184 rooms
• 1,1915 rooms
• 3786 rooms
• 1437 rooms
• 1178 rooms
• 409+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Phillips County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 0no bedroom
• 151 bedroom
• 5082 bedrooms
• 2,3303 bedrooms
• 5504 bedrooms
• 395+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Phillips County, Arkansas
• 11no bedroom
• 3251 bedroom
• 9902 bedrooms
• 1,3923 bedrooms
• 1554 bedrooms
• 185+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Phillips County, Arkansas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Phillips County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 69no vehicle
• 1,0471 vehicle
• 1,5762 vehicles
• 5573 vehicles
• 1634 vehicles
• 455+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Phillips County in renter-occupied apartments
• 897no vehicle
• 1,5021 vehicle
• 3682 vehicles
• 1773 vehicles
• 604 vehicles
• 95+ vehicles

85.2% of Phillips County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Arkansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 13,141
• Other state: 3,058
• Northeast: 125
• Midwest: 732
• South: 2,046
• West: 134

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,244
• Number of aged recipients: 249
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,995
• Number of recipients under 18: 502
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,178
• Number of recipients older than 64: 564
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 877
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,055