Polk County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 16,49984.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,3526.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,1355.8%Two or more races
  • 3101.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1130.6%Some other race alone
  • 500.3%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 340.2%Asian alone
  • 230.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 68
• Burglaries: 24
• Thefts: 45
• Auto thefts: 3

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 56
• Burglaries: 12
• Thefts: 45
• Auto thefts: 2

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $569 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $519 (0.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Polk County is $411 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $593 a month.

Cities in this county include: Mena, Wickes, Grannis, Hatfield, Cove, Vandervoort.

2023 air pollution in Polk County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.032 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Garvin County, Oklahoma , Jefferson County , Latimer County, Oklahoma , Panola County, Mississippi .

Current college students: 711
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 719 (32.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 992010 or later
• 2542000 to 2009
• 2001990 to 1999
• 1151980 to 1989
• 741970 to 1979
• 128Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,221
• One, attached: 169
• Two: 118
• 3 or 4: 100
• 5 to 9: 30
• 10 to 19: 196
• 20 to 49: 42
• 50 or more: 7
• Mobile homes: 1,801
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 114

Housing units in Polk County with a mortgage: 2,533 (269 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 195 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 29

Religion statistics for Polk County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Polk 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, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 26, 2015 to January 22, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4254: February 05, 2016, FEMA Id: 4254, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 07, 2015 to June 15, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4226: June 26, 2015, FEMA Id: 4226, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 Flooding, Incident Period: May 30, 2013 to June 03, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4124: June 25, 2013, FEMA Id: 4124, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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 and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 09, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1834: April 27, 2009, FEMA Id: 1834, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 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 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 & Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 2001 to March 21, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1363: March 13, 2001, FEMA Id: 1363, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.82% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($46,493 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.27% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($10,394 average AGI)
4.55% relocated from other states ($36,100 average AGI)

Polk County:	4.55%
Arkansas average:	3.41%

from Sevier County, AR

0.31% ($27,000 average AGI)

5.56% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($44,503 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.69% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($18,256 average AGI)
2.88% relocated to other states ($26,247 average AGI)

Polk County:	2.88%
Arkansas average:	2.79%

to Sebastian County, AR

0.44% ($28,607 average AGI)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Polk County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 22%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,665 (1,095 living alone), Female householders: 4,346 (1,464 living alone)

• 4,247 spouses (4,239 opposite-sex spouses), 382 unmarried partners, (375 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,144 children (4,719 natural, 175 adopted, 245 stepchildren), 362 grandchildren, 58 brothers or sisters, 202 parents, 14 foster children, 506 other relatives, 502 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 145

Size of family households: 2,965 2-persons, 750 3-persons, 685 4-persons, 525 5-persons, 162 6-persons, 60 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,562 1-person, 282 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

3,068 married couples with children.
620 single-parent households (173 men, 447 women).

94.2% of residents of Polk speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $127,536,000 ($6,348 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,651,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $65,619,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $30,704,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $403,000
Federal grants: $21,567,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,599,000 ($210,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,643,000 ($2,828,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,059,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,232,000
Federal Government insurance: $835,000

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

Here:	-11 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.72 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Polk County, Arkansas
• 112020 or later
• 6672010 to 2019
• 1,5482000 to 2009
• 1,5451990 to 1999
• 1,2841980 to 1989
• 1,5281970 to 1979
• 1,2461960 to 1969
• 6061950 to 1959
• 5141940 to 1949
• 5891939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Polk County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Polk County, Arkansas
• 451 room
• 1192 rooms
• 1893 rooms
• 7934 rooms
• 1,6295 rooms
• 1,4746 rooms
• 1,0267 rooms
• 5848 rooms
• 5849+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Polk County, Arkansas
• 381 room
• 402 rooms
• 2043 rooms
• 5344 rooms
• 2855 rooms
• 2256 rooms
• 1747 rooms
• 538 rooms
• 149+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Polk County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Polk County, Arkansas
• 68no bedroom
• 2571 bedroom
• 1,2092 bedrooms
• 3,8873 bedrooms
• 9534 bedrooms
• 215+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Polk County, Arkansas
• 39no bedroom
• 3461 bedroom
• 4782 bedrooms
• 5943 bedrooms
• 1344 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 267no vehicle
• 1,5271 vehicle
• 2,9492 vehicles
• 1,0293 vehicles
• 3544 vehicles
• 3175+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County in renter-occupied apartments
• 190no vehicle
• 5611 vehicle
• 6132 vehicles
• 1643 vehicles
• 374 vehicles
• 15+ vehicles

87.7% of Polk County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 10,763
• Other state: 8,016
• Northeast: 328
• Midwest: 1,295
• South: 4,219
• West: 2,221

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 675
• Number of aged recipients: 102
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 573
• Number of recipients under 18: 86
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 431
• Number of recipients older than 64: 158
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 329
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 253

Polk County on our top lists:

• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"