Griffin township, Pope County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 34.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 901 (all rural)
| Males: 466 |  (51.7%) |
| Females: 435 |  (48.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 901 (759 owner occupied, 142 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Griffin township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
Median age of males: 34.4
Median age of females: 35.4
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Average household size: 2.75
| Griffin township: | 2.8 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Griffin township: | $39,367 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $468 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $112,459 (it was $66,600 in 2000)
| : | $112,459 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 27 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Appleton Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Griffin township include: Mount Vernon Church (A), Welcome Home Freewill Baptist Church (B), Rehoboth Church (C), Appleton Cumberland Presbyterian Church (D), Thompson Chapel (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Hill Cemetery (1), Sulphur Springs Cemetery (2), Kinslow Cemetery (3), Wiley Cemetery (4), Thompson Cemetery (5), Tate Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: West Fork Point Remove Creek Site Nine Reservoir (A), West Fork Point Remove Creek Site Eight Reservoir (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Clear Creek (A), Bradley Creek (B), Anderson Creek (C), Poe Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
90% of Griffin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 259
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 28
- South: 0
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 119
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Griffin township with a mortgage: 26 (8 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (43%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Construction (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (33%)
- Finance and insurance (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (10%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (9%)
- Health care (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (36%)
- Other financial specialists (9%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (9%)
- Extraction workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (18%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (10%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (9%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Griffin township:
- English (33.6%)
- German (33.2%)
- Swedish (10.9%)
- Danish (5.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- Irish (2.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 130 (84%)
- Carpooled: 8 (5%)
- Worked at home: 17 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 296- In family households: 274 (87 male householders, 3 female householders)
84 spouses, 100 children (98 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 22 (9 male householders (9 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 51 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 20 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person,
180 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (11 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |