- State:ArkansasCounty:Desha CountyZips:71666,71662,72379,71674,71630,71670,71654,71639Coordinates:33.83098096116192, -91.25497256237068Area total:819.52 sq. mi., 2122.55 sq. km, 524492.80 acresArea land:768.14 sq. mi., 1989.46 sq. km, 491606.40 acresArea water:51.39 sq. mi., 133.09 sq. km, 32886.40 acresEstablished:1838Capital seat:
Arkansas City
Address: PO BOX 188
County Courthouse
Arkansas City, AR 71630-0188
Governing Body: Quorum Court with 9 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Desha County, Arkansas, United States
- Population:11,395; Population change: -12.40% (2010 - 2020)Population density:15 persons per square mileHousehold income:$27,932Households:5,465Unemployment rate:7.00% per 5,321 county labor force
- Sales taxes:10.00%Income taxes:7.00%GDP:$561.50 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Desha County's population of Arkansas of 21,814 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,52-fold to 11,395 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 53.38% female residents and 46.62% male residents live in as of 2020, 52.76% in Desha County, Arkansas are married and the remaining 47.24% are single population.
As of 2020, 52.76% in Desha County, Arkansas are married and the remaining 47.24% are single population.
- Housing units:5,795 residential units of which 84.40% share occupied residential units.
20.6 minutes is the average time that residents in Desha County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
75.57% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 18.10% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool and 2.64% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Desha County, Arkansas 52.54% are owner-occupied homes, another 29.82% are rented apartments, and the remaining 17.64% are vacant.
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The 61.57% of the population in Desha County, Arkansas who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 42.730%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 54.920%) of those eligible to vote in Desha County, Arkansas.
