Bowie township, Desha County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 35.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 4,714 (88% urban, 12% rural)
| Males: 2,136 |  (45.3%) |
| Females: 2,578 |  (54.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 4,627 (2,790 owner occupied, 1,837 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 40% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Bowie township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 55.6%
- Black: 41.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.6%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 36.0
Median age of females: 37.7
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Average household size: 2.45
| Bowie township: | 2.5 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.01
| Bowie township: | $28,499 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $322 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $56,230 (it was $42,400 in 2000)
| : | $56,230 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 134 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 14.6% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 5.8% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Cities in this township include: McGehee.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Bowie township include: True Vine Church (A), New Hope Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: McCool Cemetery (1), New Hope Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
51% of Bowie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 9% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 370
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 59
- South: 0
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Bowie township, Arkansas:
- 82 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 3 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 178
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,000
Housing units in Bowie township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (9%)
- Paper (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Paper (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bowie township:
- German (36.3%)
- English (20.5%)
- Irish (13.7%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.8%)
- Croatian (4.7%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 200 (86%)
- Carpooled: 13 (6%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (69%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (7%)
People in group quarters in Bowie township, Arkansas:
- 82 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 3 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 2 people in religious group quarters
97.9% of residents of Bowie township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 452- In family households: 370 (100 male householders, 15 female householders)
93 spouses, 148 children (146 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 82 (38 male householders (28 living alone)), 27 female householders (21 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 47 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 12 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
596 married couples with children.
562 single-parent households (51 men, 511 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |