People QuickFacts Randolph County Arkansas Population, 2012 estimate 17,930 2,949,131 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 17,969 2,915,919 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.2% 1.1% Population, 2010 17,969 2,915,918 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.0% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 18.6% 14.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.9% 80.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 15.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.3% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.7% 6.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 95.4% 74.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.1% 82.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.3% 4.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 1.6% 6.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.0% 82.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 11.5% 19.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,676 245,969 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.1 21.2  Housing units, 2011 8,480 1,324,369 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.6% 67.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.7% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $69,800 $105,100 Households, 2007-2011 7,271 1,121,386 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.43 2.51 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,995 $21,833 Median household income, 2007-2011 $33,072 $40,149 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.9% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Randolph County Arkansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 328 65,158 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 3,444 965,474 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -24.5 -2.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,312 192,034  Total number of firms, 2007 1,427 238,994 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 5.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 14.2% 24.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 148,093 60,735,582 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 39,297 29,659,789 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 137,421 32,974,282 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,618 $11,602 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 13,904 3,559,795 Building permits, 2011 11 6,800     Geography QuickFacts Randolph County Arkansas Land area in square miles, 2010 652.19 52,035.48 Persons per square mile, 2010 27.6 56.0 FIPS Code 121 05 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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