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Sweet Home, Arkansas
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Location in Pulaski County and the state of Arkansas
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| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Pulaski |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.07 sq mi (10.54 km2) |
| • Land | 3.89 sq mi (10.07 km2) |
| • Water | 0.18 sq mi (0.47 km2) |
| Elevation | 305 ft (93 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 712 |
| • Density | 183.03/sq mi (70.67/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
72164
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| Area code(s) | 501 |
| FIPS code | 05-68330 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2402909 |
Sweet Home is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Its population was 849 at the 2010 census. It is part of the 'Little Rock-North Little Rock-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area'.
Geography
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 | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2000 | 1,070 | — | |
| 2010 | 849 | −20.7% | |
| 2020 | 712 | −16.1% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 150 | 21.07% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 500 | 70.22% |
| Asian | 4 | 0.56% |
| Other/Mixed | 26 | 3.65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 4.49% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 712 people, 259 households, and 125 families residing in the CDP.
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.
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. The Hanger Cotton Gin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Education
Sweet Home is zoned to College Station Elementary School, Fuller Middle School, and Wilbur D. Mills University Studies High School.
Personalities
Writer and poet Henry Dumas (1934–1968)
See also
In Spanish: Sweet Home (Arkansas) para niños
