Baxter County, Arkansas
1 E 7th St Room 103
Mountain Home, AR 72653
Phone: (870) 425-3475
Fax: (870) 424-5105
www.baxtercounty.org
On central-northern border of AR; organized Mar 24, 1873 from Fulton County. Name Origin: For Elisha Baxter (1827-99), AR legislator, chief justice (1864), circuit judge (1868-72), and governor (1872-74).
Area (sq mi): 586.74 (land 554.36; water 32.38). Pop per sq mi: 72.80.
Pop 2005: 40,330. State rank: 18. Pop change: 2000-20005 5.10%; 1990-2000 23.10%. Pop 2000: 38,386 (White 97.10%; Black or African American 0.10%; Hispanic or Latino 1.00%; Asian 0.30%; Other 1.70%). Foreign born: 1.60%. Median age: 48.10.
Income 2000: per capita $16,859; median household $29,106; Pop below poverty level: 11.10%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $22,026-$24,535.
Unemployment 2004: 5.80%. Change from 2000: 0.10%. Median travel time to work: 18.40 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 10.60%.
Mountain Home, AR 72653
Phone: (870) 425-3475
Fax: (870) 424-5105
www.baxtercounty.org
On central-northern border of AR; organized Mar 24, 1873 from Fulton County. Name Origin: For Elisha Baxter (1827-99), AR legislator, chief justice (1864), circuit judge (1868-72), and governor (1872-74).
Area (sq mi): 586.74 (land 554.36; water 32.38). Pop per sq mi: 72.80.
Pop 2005: 40,330. State rank: 18. Pop change: 2000-20005 5.10%; 1990-2000 23.10%. Pop 2000: 38,386 (White 97.10%; Black or African American 0.10%; Hispanic or Latino 1.00%; Asian 0.30%; Other 1.70%). Foreign born: 1.60%. Median age: 48.10.
Income 2000: per capita $16,859; median household $29,106; Pop below poverty level: 11.10%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $22,026-$24,535.
Unemployment 2004: 5.80%. Change from 2000: 0.10%. Median travel time to work: 18.40 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 10.60%.
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