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| Name | Pulaski |
| Alt names | Pulaski | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 34.767°N 92.3°W |
| Located in | Arkansas, United States (1818 - ) |
| See also | Arkansas, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Conway, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Crawford, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Faulkner, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jefferson, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lonoke, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Perry, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pope, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Prairie, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Saline, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | White, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Pulaski County is the largest county by population in the U.S. state of Arkansas with a population of 382,748 at the 2010 United States Census. Its county seat is Little Rock, which is also Arkansas's capital and largest city. Pulaski County forms the core of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area which had 699,757 people in the 2010 census.
Pulaski County is Arkansas's fifth county, formed on December 15, 1818, alongside Clark and Hempstead counties. The county is named for Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish volunteer who saved George Washington's life during the American Revolutionary War.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1818 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1820 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1920 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 1,923
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| 1830 | 2,395
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| 1840 | 5,350
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| 1850 | 5,657
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| 1860 | 11,699
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| 1870 | 32,066
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| 1880 | 32,616
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| 1890 | 47,329
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| 1900 | 63,179
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| 1910 | 86,751
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| 1920 | 109,464
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| 1930 | 137,727
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| 1940 | 156,085
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| 1950 | 196,685
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| 1960 | 242,980
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| 1970 | 287,189
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| 1980 | 340,613
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| 1990 | 349,660
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