People QuickFacts Yell County Arkansas Population, 2012 estimate 21,932 2,949,131 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 22,185 2,915,919 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.1% 1.1% Population, 2010 22,185 2,915,918 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.0% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.0% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.6% 14.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.2% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.5% 80.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.9% 15.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 0.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.5% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 19.2% 6.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 76.2% 74.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.3% 82.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 13.2% 4.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 18.4% 6.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 70.8% 82.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.5% 19.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,654 245,969 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.4 21.2  Housing units, 2011 9,765 1,324,369 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.8% 67.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.9% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $79,900 $105,100 Households, 2007-2011 7,927 1,121,386 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.72 2.51 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,367 $21,833 Median household income, 2007-2011 $37,477 $40,149 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 18.5% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Yell County Arkansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 316 64,471 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 4,794 980,644 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 3.5% 1.6% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,268 192,034  Total number of firms, 2007 1,297 238,994 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 S 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.3% 24.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 449,599 60,735,582 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,811 29,659,789 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 109,292 32,974,282 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $5,001 $11,602 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,171 3,559,795 Building permits, 2012 1 8,231     Geography QuickFacts Yell County Arkansas Land area in square miles, 2010 929.98 52,035.48 Persons per square mile, 2010 23.9 56.0 FIPS Code 149 05 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Russellville, AR Micro 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