Healthiest County in Every State. (24/7 Wall Street, 5/9/2017)
Located in the northwest corner of Arkansas, Benton is Arkansas' fastest growing county, its population having increased 588% since 1960, compared to a 58% decline in Phillips County, Arkansas' least healthy, since its 1950 population peak. Benton's nonwhite population is 25.8% compared to 64.4% for Wilcox County.
Benton County is home to the Walmart.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
Other numbers
% of population living in poverty
- Benton County | 10.8%
- Phillips County | 37.3%
- Arkansas | 19.1%
- U.S. 13.5%
% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree
- Benton County | 30.2%
- Phillips County | 10.8%
- Arkansas | 21.1%
- U.S. | 29.8%
- Benton County | $56,239
- Phillips County | $26,844
- Arkansas| $41,371
- U.S. | $53,889
Source: Wikipedia
Original 3/30/2017 post. "The least healthy county in each Southern state: Phillips County, Arkansas", starts here.
The least healthy counties in every state. (24/7 Wall Street, 3/15/201\7)
Phillips County, Arkansas. Fewer people live there now than in 1880.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
Other numbers
% of population living in poverty
- Phillips County | 37.3%
- Arkansas | 19.1%
- U.S. 13.5%
% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree
- Phillips County | 10.8%
- Arkansas | 21.1%
- U.S. | 29.8%
- Phillips County | $26,844
- Arkansas| $41,371
- U.S. | $53,889
Phillips is a one of a string of Mississippi Delta counties in Arkansas.
Source: CNN
Related reading:
Phillips County, Arkansas: Largest slaveholders from 1860 slave census schedules and surname matches for African America on 1870 census. (Ancestry.com)
Phillips County Library on Facebook.
Phillips County, Arkansas: Largest slaveholders from 1860 slave census schedules and surname matches for African America on 1870 census. (Ancestry.com)
Phillips County Library on Facebook.
Other states in series:
Alabama. (3/30/2017)
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