Arkansas
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, United States. The population was 112 at the 2010 census. It is included in the
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jonesboro is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. According to the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 78,576 and is the f ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
Geography
Egypt is located in western Craighead County at (35.867472, -90.945372). and was named after Victoria Eyshept. Eyshept was a
Welsh
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Related to Wales
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* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
noblewoman who was one of the first settlers: due to her thick accent, Americans assumed she was saying "
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
", and the name stuck.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Only one highway runs through the small community,
Arkansas Highway 91
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, which intersects Craighead County Road 192 at the center of town.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 101 people, 43 households, and 28 families residing in the town. The
population density
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was 274.5 inhabitants per square mile (105.4/km2). There were 51 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.03%
White
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, and 2.97% from two or more races. 0.99% of the population were
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race.
There were 43 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were
married couples
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living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 27.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 71.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.7 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $18,750, and the median income for a family was $24,063. Males had a median income of $19,583 versus $16,250 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $9,828. There were 22.6% of families and 29.9% of the population living below the
poverty line
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, including 55.6% of under eighteens and 13.8% of those over 64.
Education
Egypt residents are served by the
Westside Consolidated School District
Westside Consolidated School District #5 is a public school district headquartered in unincorporated Craighead County, Arkansas, near Jonesboro.The National Academies, Committee on Law and Justice, Board on Children, Youth and Families. 2003 102 Acknowledgements Retrieved on October 18, 2010. "Bono is the largest of the three with a population just over 1,000 residents. Cash and Egypt count 280 and 112 residents, respectively." The district opened in 1966 after the Egypt school district merged into it. Its high school is Westside High School.