Prairie County vs. White County

	Prairie County (AR)	White County (AR)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	8,074	78,727
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	-7.4%	2.1%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	8,716	77,078
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	8,715	77,076
Persons under 5 years, percent	5.3%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent	20.0%	23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	23.8%	16.4%
Female persons, percent	49.7%	51.3%
White alone, percent	86.3%	91.8%
Black or African American alone, percent	11.8%	4.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	0.4%	0.7%
Asian alone, percent	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	0.1%	0.1%
Two or More Races, percent	1.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	1.8%	4.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	84.8%	87.9%
Veterans, 2014-2018	590	5,372
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	0.1%	2.8%
Housing units, July 1, 2018, (V2018)	4,545	33,942
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	72.0%	66.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$68,000	$121,300
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$891	$1,037
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$335	$353
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$593	$699
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	7.6%	14.2%
Building permits, 2018	5	94
Households, 2014-2018	3,826	29,263
Persons per household, 2014-2018	2.12	2.56
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	90.6%	79.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	0.8%	6.2%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	76.6%	84.6%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	54.4%	73.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	82.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	15.1%	21.4%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	12.8%	11.4%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	9.2%	8.5%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	54.7%	54.5%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	47.6%	49.7%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)	3,994	113,612
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)	67,168	432,923
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	54,327	911,665
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$6,423	$11,615
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	26.8	24.4
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$41,846	$43,822
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$24,075	$23,747
Persons in poverty, percent	15.8%	16.6%
Total employer establishments, 2017	149	1,587
Total employment, 2017	934	22,406
Total annual payroll, 2017 ($1,000)	27,779	743,455
Total employment, percent change, 2016-2017	3.0%	-0.9%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2017	481	5,406
All firms, 2012	640	6,198
Men-owned firms, 2012	307	3,266
Women-owned firms, 2012	214	1,954
Minority-owned firms, 2012	43	389
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	579	5,576
Veteran-owned firms, 2012	54	664
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	565	5,218
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	9.3%	17.2%
Population per square mile, 2010	13.4	74.5
Land area in square miles, 2010	647.96	1,035.08

Source: United States Census Bureau

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between Prairie county (AR) and White county (AR) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.