Editing Johnson County, Arkansas

{{short description|County in Arkansas, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Johnson, Arkansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Johnson County
 | state                = Arkansas
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = 1833
 | founded date         = November 16
 | seat wl              = Clarksville
 | largest city wl      = Clarksville
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 683
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 660
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 23
 | area percentage      = 3.4%
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 25749
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 25845 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | web                  = http://johnsoncounty.arkansas.gov/
 | ex image             = Johnson County Courthouse.JPG
 | ex image cap         = Courthouse in Clarksville
 | district             = 4th
 | time zone            = Central }}

'''Johnson County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arkansas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 25,749.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title= QuickFacts, Johnson County, Arkansas|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/johnsoncountyarkansas/PST045221|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 2, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Clarksville, Arkansas|Clarksville]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509170006/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 9, 2015 }}</ref> Johnson County is Arkansas's 30th county, formed on November 16, 1833, from a portion of Pope County and named for [[Benjamin Johnson (judge)|Benjamin Johnson]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n168 169]}}</ref> a [[Arkansas Territory|Territorial]] Judge. It is an alcohol prohibition or [[dry county]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|683|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|660|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|23|sqmi}} (3.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_05.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 26, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Major highways===
*[[Image:I-40 (AR).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 40]]
*[[Image:US 64.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 64]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 21.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 21]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 103.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 103]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 109.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 109]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 123.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 123]]

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Newton County, Arkansas|Newton County]] (north)
*[[Pope County, Arkansas|Pope County]] (east)
*[[Logan County, Arkansas|Logan County]] (south)
*[[Franklin County, Arkansas|Franklin County]] (west)
*[[Madison County, Arkansas|Madison County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Ozark National Forest]] (part)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 3433
|1850= 5227
|1860= 7612
|1870= 9152
|1880= 11565
|1890= 16758
|1900= 17448
|1910= 19698
|1920= 21062
|1930= 19289
|1940= 18795
|1950= 16138
|1960= 12421
|1970= 13630
|1980= 17423
|1990= 18221
|2000= 22781
|2010= 25540
|2020= 25749
|estyear=2023
|estimate=26129
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ar190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="2010 census">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/05071.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 22, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607032849/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/05071.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> 2020-2021<ref name="QF"/>
}}

[[Image:USA Johnson County, Arkansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|Age pyramid Johnson County<ref>Based on [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] data</ref>]]

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 22,781 people, 8,738 households, and 6,238 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|34|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 9,926 housing units at an average density of {{convert|15|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 93.69% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.37% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.62% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.25% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.62% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.43% from two or more races. 6.70% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 8,738 households, out of which 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.20% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,910, and the median income for a family was $33,630. Males had a median income of $25,779 versus $19,924 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $15,097. About 12.90% of families and 16.40% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.60% of those under age 18 and 15.30% of those age 65 or over.

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 25,749 people and 9,792 households in the county.<ref name="QF" />

===Racial composition===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Johnson County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US05071&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=January 1, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 19,400
| 75.34%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 454
| 1.76%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 202
| 0.78%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 918
| 3.57%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 27
| 0.1%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 1,309
| 5.08%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 3,439
| 13.36%
|}

==Government==

=== Government ===
The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]] and the [[Arkansas Code]]. The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are called ''justices of the peace'' and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in a county vary from nine to fifteen, and district boundaries are drawn by the county election commission. The Johnson County Quorum Court has eleven members. Presiding over quorum court meetings is the ''county judge'', who serves as the [[chief operating officer]] of the county. The county judge is elected at-large and does not vote in quorum court business, although capable of vetoing quorum court decisions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quorum Courts |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/quorum-courts-6348/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of County Judge |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/office-of-county-judge-5720/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Johnson County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref>{{Cite web |title=Officials – Johnson County, Arkansas |url=https://johnsoncounty.arkansas.gov/officials/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnson {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/johnson/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.arcounties.org}}</ref><ref>https://www.arcounties.org/site/assets/files/6033/november_races.pdf</ref>
!Position
!Officeholder
!Party
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County Judge
|Herman H. Houston
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#92C5DE;
|County Clerk
|Michelle Frost
|Democratic
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Circuit Clerk
|Monica King
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Sheriff
|Tom Hughes
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Treasurer/Collector
|Melanie "Fred" Cowell
|Republican
|-
|Assessor
|Rusty Hardgrave
|(Unknown)
|-style="background-color:#92C5DE;
|Coroner
|Pam Cogan
|Democratic
|-
|Surveyor
|Jim Higby
|(Unknown)
|}
The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is 8 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quorum Court – Johnson County, Arkansas |url=https://johnsoncounty.arkansas.gov/quorum-court/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Johnson County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Johnson_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>

* District 1: Mike Jacobs (D)
* District 2: Paula Ober (R)
* District 3: Van Alan Hill (R)
* District 4: Bethany Bean (R)
* District 5: Mike Estes (R)
* District 6: John Payne (D)
* District 7: Kris Muldoon (R)
* District 8: Katie Howard (R)
* District 9: Larry Jones (D)
* District 10: Jeremy Hatchett (R)
* District 11: Bryan Cooper (R)

Additionally, the townships of Johnson County are entitled to elect their own respective constables, as set forth by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]]. Constables are largely of historical significance as they were used to keep the peace in rural areas when travel was more difficult.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Constable? |url=https://www.uaex.uada.edu/business-communities/ced-blog/posts/2022/may/what-is-a-constable.aspx |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=What is a Constable? |language=en}}</ref> The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/Johnson/119903/web.317647/#/summary?v=332293/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com |language=en}}</ref>

* Howell: Timothy Harmon (R)
* King: Todd M. Russell (R)
* Pittsburg: Ronnie Butler (R)
* Spadra: Jonathan Howard (R)

===Politics===
Over the past few election cycles, Johnson County has trended heavily toward the GOP. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry this county was Arkansas native [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992 and 1996.
{{PresHead|place=Johnson County, Arkansas|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,766|2,107|186|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,938|2,283|277|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|6,091|2,427|594|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,064|2,799|235|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,922|3,034|224|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,311|3,622|111|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,657|3,270|234|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,367|3,585|881|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,563|3,951|1,064|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,046|2,818|77|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,720|3,056|51|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,619|3,709|308|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,173|5,044|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,107|2,045|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,667|1,747|1,693|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,535|3,127|21|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,490|1,938|95|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,520|1,697|28|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,728|2,021|16|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|523|1,565|161|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|593|1,311|7|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|318|1,429|9|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|318|1,432|22|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|284|1,557|67|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|766|1,292|16|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|311|1,029|232|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|996|1,579|180|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|571|1,479|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|189|927|388|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|544|1,164|159|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|507|1,047|66|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|552|1,317|15|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|491|1,831|9|Arkansas}}

===Cities===
*[[Clarksville, Arkansas|Clarksville]] (county seat)
*[[Coal Hill, Arkansas|Coal Hill]]
*[[Hartman, Arkansas|Hartman]]
*[[Knoxville, Arkansas|Knoxville]]
*[[Lamar, Arkansas|Lamar]]

===Census-designated places===
* [[Hagarville, Arkansas|Hagarville]]
*[[Oark, Arkansas|Oark]]
*[[Ozone, Arkansas|Ozone]]

===Other unincorporated communities===
*[[Gillian Settlement, Arkansas|Gillian Settlement]]
*[[Harmony, Arkansas|Harmony]]
*[[Hickeytown, Arkansas|Hickeytown]]
*[[Pittsburg, Arkansas|Pittsburg]]

===Townships===
[[File:Johnson County Arkansas 2010 Township Map large.jpg|thumb|Townships in Johnson County, Arkansas as of 2010]]

{{Arkansas Townships About|County = Johnson}}
<ref>{{Cite map
 |publisher   = U. S. Census Bureau
 |title       = 2011 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS): Johnson County, AR
 |url         = http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas11/st05_ar/cou/c05071_johnson/BAS11C20507100000_000.pdf
 |access-date  = August 18, 2011
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121019145235/http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas11/st05_ar/cou/c05071_johnson/BAS11C20507100000_000.pdf
 |archive-date = October 19, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/block/2010/cousub/dc10blk_st05_cousub.html#J | title = Arkansas: 2010 Census Block Maps - County Subdivision | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date = May 29, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140528050635/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/block/2010/cousub/dc10blk_st05_cousub.html#J | archive-date = May 28, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Batson
* Dickerson-Hill
* Grant ([[Coal Hill, Arkansas|Coal Hill]])
* Hickey
* Horsehead
* Howell (most of [[Knoxville, Arkansas|Knoxville]])
* Lee
* Low Gap
* McKennon
* Mulberry
* Perry (CDP [[Hagarville, Arkansas|Hagarville]])
* Pittsburg (most of [[Lamar, Arkansas|Lamar]], small part of [[Knoxville, Arkansas|Knoxville]])
* Prairie (small part of [[Clarksville, Arkansas|Clarksville]])
* Red Lick
* Sherman
* Spadra (most of [[Clarksville, Arkansas|Clarksville]], small part of [[Lamar, Arkansas|Lamar]])
* Stonewall
* Ward ([[Hartman, Arkansas|Hartman]])
{{div col end}}

== Notable people ==

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==See also==
* [[List of lakes in Johnson County, Arkansas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Arkansas]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic location
| Centre    = Johnson County, Arkansas
| North     = [[Newton County, Arkansas|Newton County]]
| Northeast =
| East      = [[Pope County, Arkansas|Pope County]]
| Southeast =
| South     = [[Logan County, Arkansas|Logan County]]
| Southwest =
| West      = [[Franklin County, Arkansas|Franklin County]]
| Northwest = [[Madison County, Arkansas|Madison County]]
}}

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