People QuickFacts	Franklin County	Arkansas
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	18,045	2,949,131
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	18,125	2,915,919
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.4%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	18,125	2,915,918
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.4%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.1%	24.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	17.0%	14.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.4%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	95.1%	80.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.0%	15.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.2%	0.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.0%	1.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.6%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.2%	6.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	93.1%	74.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.5%	82.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.7%	4.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.5%	6.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	83.7%	82.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.4%	19.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,717	245,969
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.4	21.2 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	8,024	1,324,369
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	75.4%	67.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	4.5%	15.2%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$85,800	$105,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,763	1,121,386
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.62	2.51
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,810	$21,833
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$34,819	$40,149
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	20.1%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Franklin County	Arkansas
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	276	65,158
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,266	965,474
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	3.9	-2.6
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,078	192,034 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,139	238,994
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	5.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.1%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	19.6%	24.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	327,694	60,735,582
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,128	29,659,789
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	140,227	32,974,282
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,748	$11,602
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	10,416	3,559,795
 	Building permits, 2011     	8	6,800

   	Geography QuickFacts	Franklin County	Arkansas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	608.86	52,035.48
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	29.8	56.0
 	FIPS Code    	047	05
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Fort Smith, AR-OK 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