Estimates of
Arkansas’ Older Population
by County
2000 Data
Source: US Census Bureau

County

Total

60 and Over

% 60+

65 and Over

% 65+

Ashley

24,209

4,470

18.5%

3,342

13.8%

Baxter

38,386

13,013

33.9%

10,282

26.8%

Benton

153,406

28,727

18.7%

21,973

14.3%

Boone

33,948

7,446

21.9%

5,659

16.7%

Bradley

12,600

2,804

22.3%

2,202

17.5%

Calhoun

5,744

1,221

21.3%

917

16.0%

Carroll

25,357

5,368

21.2%

4,013

15.8%

Chicot

14,117

2,823

20.0%

2,174

15.4%

Clark

23,546

4,367

18.5%

3,433

14.6%

Clay

17,609

4,382

24.9%

3,408

19.4%

Cleburne

24,046

6,712

27.9%

5,071

21.1%

Cleveland

8,571

1,631

19.0%

1,162

13.6%

Columbia

25,603

5,217

20.4%

4,073

15.9%

Conway

20,336

4,275

21.0%

3,280

16.1%

Craighead

82,148

12,746

15.5%

9,662

11.8%

Crawford

53,247

8,235

15.5%

6,002

11.3%

Crittenden

50,866

6,884

13.5%

5,058

9.9%

Cross

19,526

3,478

17.8%

2,668

13.7%

Dallas

9,210

1,965

21.3%

1,564

17.0%

Desha

15,341

2,820

18.4%

2,173

14.2%

Drew

18,723

3,193

17.1%

2,402

12.8%

Faulkner

86,014

10,989

12.8%

8,165

9.5%

Franklin

17,771

3,665

20.6%

2,801

15.8%

Fulton

11,642

3,097

26.6%

2,353

20.2%

Garland

88,068

23,657

26.9%

18,652

21.2%

Grant

16,464

2,765

16.8%

2,005

12.2%

Greene

37,331

6,858

18.4%

5,192

13.9%

Hempstead

23,587

4,318

18.3%

3,326

14.1%

Hot Springs

30,353

6,236

20.5%

4,783

15.8%

Howard

14,300

2,812

19.7%

2,160

15.1%

Independence

34,233

6,550

19.1%

4,957

14.5%

Izard

13,249

3,648

27.5%

2,800

21.1%

Jackson

18,418

3,936

21.4%

3,043

16.5%

Jefferson

84,278

14,210

16.9%

10,888

12.9%

Johnson

22,781

4,434

19.5%

3,364

14.8%

Lafayette

8,559

1,956

22.9%

1,517

17.7%

Lawrence

17,774

3,960

22.3%

3,095

17.4%

Lee

12,580

2,246

17.9%

1,758

14.0%

Lincoln

14,492

2,253

15.5%

1,721

11.9%

Little River

13,628

2,732

20.0%

2,054

15.1%

Logan

22,486

4,754

21.1%

3,599

16.0%

Lonoke

52,828

7,638

14.5%

5,491

10.4%

Madison

14,243

2,712

19.0%

2,048

14.4%

Marion

16,140

4,376

27.1%

3,232

20.0%

Miller

40,443

6,940

17.2%

5,307

13.1%

Mississippi

51,979

8,456

16.3%

6,353

12.2%

Monroe

10,254

2,289

22.3%

1,774

17.3%

Montgomery

9,245

2,356

25.5%

1,749

18.9%

Nevada

9,955

2,077

20.9%

1,606

16.1%

Newton

8,608

1,765

20.5%

1,276

14.8%

Ouachita

28,790

6,137

21.3%

4,873

16.9%

Perry

10,209

2,017

19.8%

1,508

14.8%

Phillips

26,445

4,859

18.4%

3,686

13.9%

Pike

11,303

2,550

22.6%

1,918

17.0%

Poinsett

25,614

4,880

19.1%

3,658

14.3%

Polk

20,229

4,526

22.4%

3,439

17.0%

Pope

54,469

9,143

16.8%

6,943

12.7%

Prairie

9,539

2,127

22.3%

1,651

17.3%

Pulaski

361,474

54,918

15.2%

41,425

11.5%

Randolph

18,195

4,030

22.1%

3,098

17.0%

St. Francis

29,329

4,540

15.5%

3,480

11.9%

Saline

83,529

14,455

17.3%

10,420

12.5%

Scott

10,996

2,196

20.0%

1,612

14.7%

Searcy

8,261

2,075

25.1%

1,590

19.2%

Sebastian

115,071

19,539

17.0%

14,907

13.0%

Sevier

15,757

2,762

17.5%

2,077

13.2%

Sharp

17,119

5,123

29.9%

4,041

23.6%

Stone

11,499

2,916

25.4%

2,134

18.6%

Union

45,629

9,317

20.4%

7,350

16.1%

Van Buren

16,192

4,785

29.6%

3,777

23.3%

Washington

157,715

20,625

13.1%

15,596

9.9%

White

67,165

12,113

18.0%

9,253

13.8%

Woodruff

8,741

1,872

21.4%

1,458

16.7%

Yell

21,139

4,146

19.6%

3,178

15.0%

State Total

2,673,400

491,409

18.4%

378,598

14.2%