Perrytown is a town in

Hempstead County Hempstead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,609. As of the 2020 census, the population decreased to 20,065. The county seat is Hope. Hempstead County is Arkansas's fourth cou ...

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, United States. The population was 272 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

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Micropolitan Statistical Area and was founded in 1959 by local entrepreneur Perry Campbell.

Geography

Perrytown is located at (33.698694, -93.535194). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 255 people, 119 households, and 82 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 128 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 87.45%

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, 9.02%

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, 0.39% Native American, 3.14% from

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. 4.31% of the population were

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of any race. There were 119 households, out of which 19.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were

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living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.54. In the city the population was spread out, with 16.9% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 34.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,625, and the median income for a family was $38,438. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $16,786 for females. The

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for the city was $23,059. About 11.5% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the

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, including 7.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 3.4% of those 65 or over.

Education

It is within the

Hope School District Hope School District or Hope Public Schools is a school district in Hempstead County, Arkansas, headquartered in Hope. It serves Hope, Guernsey, Fulton, Oakhaven, Patmos, Perrytown, and Washington. History In 1966 the Guernsey School Distr ...

. It operates Hope High School.

References

{{authority control Towns in Hempstead County, Arkansas Towns in Arkansas Hope micropolitan area