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Grant County
	Grant County, Arkansas
	; Location in the state of Arkansas
	; Arkansas's location in the U.S.
Seat	Sheridan
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 633 sq mi (1,639 km²); 632 sq mi (1,637 km²); 1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.19%
PopulationEst.; - (2008); - Density	; 17,690; 28/sq mi (10.93/km²)
Founded	February 4, 1870

Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its population was 16,464 at the 2000 United States Census. The county seat is Sheridan.^[1] Grant County is included in the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.It is a rural county.The county seat, Sheridan was named after Union General Philip Sheridan.

Grant County was formed on February 4, 1869, and named for Ulysses S. Grant, president of the United States. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 633 square miles (1,639 km²), of which, 632 square miles (1,636 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km²) of it (0.19%) is water.

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[edit] Adjacent counties

Saline County (north)
Pulaski County (northeast)
Jefferson County (east)
Cleveland County (southeast)
Dallas County (south)
Hot Spring County (west)

[edit] Demographics

Age pyramid Grant County^[2]

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 3,464 people, 4,241 households, and 4,780 families residing in the county. The population density was 26 people per square mile (10/km²). There were 6,960 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.55% White, 2.47% Black or African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,241 households out of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.70% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.40% were non-families. 20.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.90% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,182, and the median income for a family was $42,901. Males had a median income of $31,842 versus $22,098 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,547. About 7.80% of families and 10.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.50% of those under age 18 and 13.00% of those age 65 or over.