Editing Clark County, Arkansas (section)

==20th century to present==
From 1920 to 1960, the county population declined, as may be seen on the table below. The cotton culture had been affected by the invasion of the [[boll weevil]], which attacked the plants; and mechanization of agriculture, reducing the need for workers. In this period, many African-American families, who still constituted most of the farm workers, also left Arkansas and other parts of the rural South to escape [[Jim Crow]] oppression and seek better employment in Northern and Midwestern cities in the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]]. In the latter part of this period, some migrated to the West Coast, where the defense industry developed during and after World War II offered higher paying jobs.

At the same time, the lumber industry declined, also causing a loss of jobs. Several companies had operated sawmills and related businesses in Clark County in the early part of the century. The founders of the lumber town [[Graysonia, Arkansas]] moved to [[Springfield, Oregon]], renaming their company as Roseboro Lumber. While manufacturing industries had entered the county, several had a downturn in the 1980s.

In the 1970s, the DeGray Dam and Lake were completed along the Caddo River, providing new areas in the county for tourism and recreation, which have become major components of the economy.