Sharp County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 15,53688.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,1796.7%Two or more races
  • 4682.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1671.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 920.5%Asian alone
  • 320.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Crime in 2008 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 27
• Assaults: 9
• Burglaries: 70
• Thefts: 97
• Auto thefts: 12

Crime in 2007 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 82
• Assaults: 26
• Burglaries: 108
• Thefts: 80
• Auto thefts: 9

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $549 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $499 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sharp County is $380 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $581 a month.

Cities in this county include: Cherokee Village, Cave City, Highland, Ash Flat, Hardy, Evening Shade, Sidney, Williford.

Neighboring counties: Calloway County, Kentucky , Mercer County, West Virginia , San Bernardino County, California , Madison County, Tennessee , Portsmouth city, Virginia .

Current college students: 391
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 270 (36.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 212010 or later
• 1612000 to 2009
• 71990 to 1999
• 261980 to 1989
• 401970 to 1979
• 46Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,815
• One, attached: 87
• Two: 123
• 3 or 4: 170
• 5 to 9: 62
• 10 to 19: 55
• 20 or more: 102
• Mobile homes: 1,192
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 27

Housing units in Sharp County with a mortgage: 2,584 (111 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 83 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33

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Agriculture in Sharp County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Arkansas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4518, Natural disaster type: Other
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 27, 2014 to April 28, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4174: April 29, 2014, FEMA Id: 4174, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 05, 2013 to December 07, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4160: January 06, 2014, FEMA Id: 4160, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 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, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: October 29, 2009 to November 08, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1861: December 03, 2009, FEMA Id: 1861, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1819: February 06, 2009, FEMA Id: 1819, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3301: January 28, 2009, FEMA Id: 3301, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Tropical Storm Ike, Incident Period: September 13, 2008 to September 23, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1804: October 22, 2008, FEMA Id: 1804, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 05, 2008 to February 12, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1744: February 07, 2008, FEMA Id: 1744, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

12.26% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($43,871 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.22% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($22,257 average AGI)
5.04% relocated from other states ($21,615 average AGI)

Sharp County:	5.04%
Arkansas average:	3.41%

from Independence County, AR	1.85% ($34,698 average AGI)
from Fulton County, AR	0.85% ($55,000)
from Izard County, AR	0.63% ($38,111)
from Lawrence County, AR	0.54% ($35,516)
from Craighead County, AR	0.51% ($33,759)

9.89% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($36,219 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.00% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($25,784 average AGI)
2.88% relocated to other states ($10,435 average AGI)

Sharp County:	2.88%
Arkansas average:	2.79%

to Independence County, AR	1.70% ($35,884 average AGI)
to Fulton County, AR	1.09% ($33,869)
to Craighead County, AR	0.75% ($35,714)
to Izard County, AR	0.73% ($33,829)
to Lawrence County, AR	0.41% ($35,783)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 14.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 16.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Sharp County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,494 (989 living alone), Female householders: 3,668 (1,198 living alone)

• 3,600 spouses (3,594 opposite-sex spouses), 378 unmarried partners, (378 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,787 children (4,153 natural, 80 adopted, 571 stepchildren), 417 grandchildren, 88 brothers or sisters, 340 parents, 10 foster children, 268 other relatives, 311 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 212

Size of family households: 2,345 2-persons, 1,012 3-persons, 790 4-persons, 321 5-persons, 99 6-persons, 129 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,188 1-person, 227 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 25 4-persons.

2,205 married couples with children.
952 single-parent households (332 men, 620 women).

98.1% of residents of Sharp speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $129,653,000 ($7,413 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,166,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $71,916,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $30,348,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $422,000
Federal grants: $22,668,000
Federal procurement contracts: $913,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,385,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,330,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,933,000
Federal Government insurance: $6,515,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.54 millions of gallons per day (51% from ground, 49% from surface)

• Year house built in Sharp County, Arkansas
• 272020 or later
• 3502010 to 2019
• 1,2622000 to 2009
• 1,1681990 to 1999
• 1,7251980 to 1989
• 2,8791970 to 1979
• 1,2831960 to 1969
• 4091950 to 1959
• 601940 to 1949
• 2041939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Sharp County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sharp County, Arkansas
• 81 room
• 22 rooms
• 1603 rooms
• 8114 rooms
• 1,6195 rooms
• 1,1116 rooms
• 9017 rooms
• 5818 rooms
• 5969+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sharp County, Arkansas
• 591 room
• 532 rooms
• 1833 rooms
• 2944 rooms
• 4175 rooms
• 1666 rooms
• 1087 rooms
• 708 rooms
• 379+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Sharp County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sharp County, Arkansas
• 8no bedroom
• 1931 bedroom
• 1,7812 bedrooms
• 2,6393 bedrooms
• 8874 bedrooms
• 2345+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sharp County, Arkansas
• 60no bedroom
• 2341 bedroom
• 5332 bedrooms
• 4723 bedrooms
• 284 bedrooms
• 665+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sharp County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 172no vehicle
• 1,5631 vehicle
• 2,3992 vehicles
• 9553 vehicles
• 2934 vehicles
• 3965+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sharp County in renter-occupied apartments
• 193no vehicle
• 6621 vehicle
• 4012 vehicles
• 973 vehicles
• 254 vehicles
• 305+ vehicles

90.9% of Sharp County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 10,057
• Other state: 7,224
• Northeast: 330
• Midwest: 3,337
• South: 2,632
• West: 883

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 819
• Number of aged recipients: 90
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 729
• Number of recipients under 18: 119
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 535
• Number of recipients older than 64: 165
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 377
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 387

Sharp County on our top lists:

• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election"
• #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013"