Arkansas Workforce Centers

Pope / Yell Counties

Arkansas Dept. of Health and Human Services

Laura Robertson

Case Manager / EEO

lauralrob@yahoo.com 

Yell

Pope

Population

 

56,580                 (2005 estimate)

 

Population, percent change    

April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005           3.9%

 

Ages (2004)

Persons under 5 years old        6.4%

  Persons under 18 years old     24.0%   Persons 65 years old and over  12.9%

  

Gender    (2004)

Female persons 50.8%

Male persons 49.2% 

 

Ethnicity  (2004)

White persons 94.6%Black persons 2.9%  Asian persons 0.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons 0.7%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander   0.0% 

Persons reporting two or more races  1.1%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin  3.1%

 

                 Education   (2004)

Bachelor's degree or higher age 25+, 19.0%

High School Graduates age 25+,       77.4%

 

Poverty  (2003)

Persons Living Below Poverty Level   16.5%

 

Population Density

Persons per Sq. Mile.             67.1

 

Unemployment   (2005)    4.2%

mailto: russellvillewage@yahoo.com

Arkansas Dept. of Workforce Education

 104 S. Rochester              Russellville, AR 72801

Phone: (479) 968-4919       Fax: (479) 968-7582

TTY: (877) 894-0479         

 

        

Arkansas Tech University

AARP

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services

Evelyn Mainhart

Case Manager   

elmain@yahoo.com

 

 

Cathy Monfee

Resource Facilitator

cmonfee8091@yahoo.com

 

 

Aidee Paz

Receptionist

aidee_paz@yahoo.com

 

 

Aundrea Sims

Youth Intake Coordinator

aundreasims@yahoo.com

 

Valinda Kight

Youth Intake Specialist

valinda.kight@yahoo.com

 

Key Economic Development Contacts

            Pope                              Yell

 

 Russellville Economic         Development Partnership

Jeff Pipkin  

P.O. Box 2644

Russellville, AR 72811

PH: 501-968-2530

 

Oardane!!e Chamber

 of Commerce

                                         

 

STAFF

 

* Comprehensive Center

Arkansas Dept. of Workforce Services
Job Corps
 
Experience Works

Population

 

21,391                 (2005 estimate)

 

Population, percent change    

April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005           1.2%

 

Ages (2004)

Persons under 5 years old        57.4%

Persons under 18 years old     25.3%    Persons 65 years old and over  14.5%

  

Gender    (2004)

Female persons 49.6%

Male persons 50.4% 

 

Ethnicity  (2004)

White persons 95.7 Black persons 1.3%  Asian persons 1.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons 0.8%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander   0.0% 

Persons reporting two or more races  1.0%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 16.9%

 

                 Education   (2004)

Bachelor's degree or higher age 25+, 10.9%

High School Graduates age 25+,       64.1%

 

Poverty  (2003)

Persons Living Below Poverty Level  15.6%

 

Population Density

Persons per Sq. Mile.            22.8

 

Unemployment   (2005)    4%

Arkansas Dept. of Health and Human Services

 

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