Sweet Home, Arkansas

Coordinates: 34°40′53″N 92°14′36″W / 34.68139°N 92.24333°W / 34.68139; -92.24333
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Little Rock, Arkansas
FIPS code
05-68330
GNIS feature ID0058722

Sweet Home is a

Metropolitan Statistical Area
'.

Geography

Sweet Home is located at 34°40′53″N 92°14′36″W / 34.68139°N 92.24333°W / 34.68139; -92.24333 (34.681478, -92.243445).[3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.1 square miles (11 km2), of which 3.9 square miles (10 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (2.72%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20001,070—
2010849−20.7%
2020712−16.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

2020 census

Sweet Home racial composition[5]
Race Number Percentage
White
(non-Hispanic) 		150 21.07%
Black or African American
(non-Hispanic) 		500 70.22%
Asian
 4 0.56%
Other/Mixed
 26 3.65%
Latino
 32 4.49%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 712 people, 259 households, and 125 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

As of the

Latino
of any race.

There were 385 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 23.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.42.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $23,352, and the median income for a family was $30,781. Males had a median income of $22,069 versus $21,643 for females. The

poverty line
, including 23.3% of those under age 18 and 60.0% of those age 65 or over.

History

Most of the geographical history of Sweet Home and the surrounding areas was farms and fields. After

bauxite mining between the 1940s through 1960s many blue holes were formed in the Sweet Home Area.[7]

Sweet Home was the site of the Arkansas Confederate

Soldiers' Home from 1890 to 1955, but the home was moved to the grounds of the Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Little Rock from 1955 to 1963.[8] The Hanger Cotton Gin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
.

Education

Sweet Home is zoned to

Wilbur D. Mills University Studies High School.[9]

Personalities

Writer and poet Henry Dumas (1934–1968) Entrepreneur and Investor William Wilson[disambiguation needed] (2000-present day)

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau
    . Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  3. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  6. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  7. ^ Sherer, Robert. "Sweet Home (Pulaski County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net. Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  8. ^ Arkansas History Commission, "Arkansas Confederate Home Records" in Catalog of Arkansas Resources and Archival Treasures at "Search Arkansas Confederate home records". Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010. (accessed January 27, 2009).
  9. ^ "School Zone Map". Pulaski County Special School District. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture

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