Casa is a town in

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, United States. Located in Central Arkansas, the town initially grew due to the mining of coal, harvesting of timber and cultivation of cotton. The

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reduced the population greatly, and the community's economy never recovered. The population was 171 at the 2010 census. Casa is about midway between

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and Perry. The town is the westernmost municipality within the

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– Conway

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Geography

Casa is located at (35.023700, -93.047236). According to the

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, the town has a total area of 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²), all land.

Demographics

According to the

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of 2000, there were 209 people, 79 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The

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was 74.0/km² (191.8/mi²). There were 93 housing units at an average density of 32.9/km² (85.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 100.00%

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. There were 79 households, out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were

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living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.08. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males. The average income for a household in the town was $27,813, and the median income for a family was $32,250. Males had a median income of $18,750 versus $19,375 for females. The

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for the town was $20,312. About 19.0% of families and 22.2% of the population were below the

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, including 38.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.1% of those 65 or over. Perry-Casa_High_School

Education

Free access to public education is provided by the Two Rivers School District including Two Rivers Elementary School and Two Rivers High School. It was previously in the

Perry-Casa School District Perry–Casa School District No. 2 was a school district with its school, the Perry-Casa School, in Casa, Arkansas. Serving the Perry County communities of Casa and Perry, it operated elementary school and high school divisions. Its mascot was t ...

until July 1, 2004, when it merged into the Two Rivers School District.ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
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. Retrieved on October 21, 2017.

References

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