Thursday, May 11, 2017

UPDATE: The healthiest county in each southern state: Benton County, Arkansas


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.




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%
    Median household income:
    • 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




    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%
      Median household income:
      • 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.

      Other states in series:
      Alabama.  (3/30/2017)


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