People QuickFacts Crittenden County Arkansas Population, 2012 estimate 50,021 2,949,131 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 50,902 2,915,919 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.7% 1.1% Population, 2010 50,902 2,915,918 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.0% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 28.5% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.1% 14.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.5% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 47.0% 80.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 50.9% 15.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.1% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.1% 6.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 45.3% 74.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 78.0% 82.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.4% 4.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.6% 6.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 77.2% 82.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.5% 19.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,608 245,969 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.5 21.2  Housing units, 2011 21,296 1,324,369 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 56.9% 67.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 22.9% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $99,200 $105,100 Households, 2007-2011 18,757 1,121,386 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.67 2.51 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,007 $21,833 Median household income, 2007-2011 $35,264 $40,149 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 27.9% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Crittenden County Arkansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 872 65,158 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 13,295 965,474 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -15.8 -2.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 3,297 192,034  Total number of firms, 2007 3,399 238,994 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.6% 5.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 1.1% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.4% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.2% 24.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 701,251 60,735,582 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 795,836 29,659,789 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 750,517 32,974,282 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,399 $11,602 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 65,142 3,559,795 Building permits, 2011 43 6,800     Geography QuickFacts Crittenden County Arkansas Land area in square miles, 2010 609.76 52,035.48 Persons per square mile, 2010 83.5 56.0 FIPS Code 035 05 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts