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Arkansas's 4th Congressional District
Arkansas's 4th congressional district is a congressional district located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Notable towns in the district include Camden, Arkansas, Camden, Hope, Arkansas, Hope, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hot Springs, Magnolia, Arkansas, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Pine Bluff, and Texarkana, Arkansas, Texarkana. The district is currently represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican Bruce Westerman. Historically, the district has supported conservative United States Democratic Party, Democrats such as Mike Ross (politician), Mike Ross and David Pryor, and was reckoned as a classic Yellow Dog Democrat district. However, the growing United States Republican Party, Republican trend in the state has overtaken the district since the start of the 21st century with the district supporting George W. Bush with 51% in 2004 United States presidential election, 2004 and support grew as John McCain won the district in 2008 United States ...
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Arkansas's 4th Congressional District (since 2023)
Arkansas's 4th congressional district is a congressional district located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Notable towns in the district include Camden, Hope, Hot Springs, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, and Texarkana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bruce Westerman. Historically, the district has supported conservative Democrats such as Mike Ross and David Pryor, and was reckoned as a classic Yellow Dog Democrat district. However, the growing Republican trend in the state has overtaken the district since the start of the 21st century with the district supporting George W. Bush with 51% in 2004 and support grew as John McCain won the district in 2008 with 58% of the vote. Composition The 4th congressional district consists of the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Pulaski County, which it shares with the 1st and 2nd districts. Pulaski County municipalities within the 4th district include portions of Little Roc ...
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2004 United States Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican President George W. Bush and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney, were re-elected to a second term. They narrowly defeated the Democratic ticket of John Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts, and his running mate John Edwards, a senator from North Carolina. Bush and Cheney were renominated by their party with no difficulty. Meanwhile, the Democrats engaged in a competitive primary. Kerry emerged as the early-front runner but was faced with serious opposition by former Vermont governor Howard Dean, who briefly surged ahead of Kerry in the polls. Kerry won the first set of primaries in January and re-emerged as the front-runner, and Dean dropped out in February. Kerry clinched his party's nomination in March after a series of primary victories over runner-up Edwards, who he ultimately selected to be his running mate. The September 11 attacks in 2001 decisive ...
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Hamburg, Arkansas
Hamburg is a city in and the county seat of Ashley County, Arkansas, Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,857 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The population declined by more than 10% between 2010 and 2020, resulting in a lower tax base for the region. It is the home town of NBA player Scottie Pippen. The City of Hamburg crest has a picture of a gazebo, trees, cotton, and antelope.https://cityofhamburg.com/ The city requires residents to pay a $30 reconnect fee in order to have your water service restored if it is shut off. Your water service will only be restored during the hours of 8:00am and 4:30pm. You may pay an additional $60, a 200% surcharge, to have your water service restored after hours. The City of Hamburg also, in 2024, decided to begin enforcing customers of the city water service to have shut off valves. The 2023 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for Hamburg Water Department found lead and copper in the city's water supply, ...
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Ashley County, Arkansas
Ashley County is a rural South Arkansas county with a culture, economy, and history based on timber and agriculture. Created as Arkansas's 52nd county on November 30, 1848, Ashley County has seven incorporated municipality, municipalities, including Hamburg, Arkansas, Hamburg, the county seat and Crossett, Arkansas, Crossett, the most populous city. The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. The County (United States), county is named for Chester Ashley, a prominent lawyer in the Arkansas Territory and U.S. senator from the state from 1844 to 1848. The county is roughly divided into two halves by Bayou Bartholomew, with the rich, fertile, alluvial soils of the Arkansas Delta in the east, and the shortleaf pine forests of the Arkansas Timberlands in the west. The county contains six protected areas: Overflow National Wildlife Refuge, Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, three List of Arkansas Wildlife Management Areas, Wildlife Management ...
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Wrightsville, Arkansas
Wrightsville is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Its population was 1,542 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock–North Little Rock, Arkansas, North Little Rock–Conway, Arkansas, Conway Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located on Arkansas Highway 365, Highway 365, Wrightsville existed as an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community for more than a century before it was incorporated late in the 20th century. Since 1981, it has been home to a major Arkansas Department of Corrections facility, which is the principal employer. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and 0.49% is water. Arkansas Negro Boys' Industrial School The Arkansas Negro Boys' Industrial School (1927-1968) was a juvenile Prison, correctional facility for black male youth in Arkansas ...
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Woodson, Arkansas
Woodson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Its population was 403 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Woodson and its accompanying Woodson Lake and Wood Hollow are the namesake for Ed Wood Sr., a prominent plantation owner, trader, and businessman at the turn of the 20th century. Woodson is adjacent to the Wood Plantation, the largest of the plantations own by Ed Wood Sr. History Ed Wood, Sr. founded a settlement in central Arkansas after migrating from Alabama with his mother ''circa'' 1880. What is now called Woodson was known for much of the area's early history as "Wood Hollow" in recognition of Ed Wood Sr. and his 1890 purchase of the first black-owned plantation in Arkansas. In the period following Radical Reconstruction, Ed Wood, Sr. began hosting gathering of the Prince Hall Freemasonry, of which he was a founding member of the Arkansas Lodge an ...
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Sweet Home, Arkansas
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'. It is a majority African-American area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (2.72%) is water. Demographics 2020 census 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 census of 2000, there were 1,070 people, 385 households, and 267 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 463 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 24.11% White, 74.02% Black or African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.09% Asian, and 1.40% from two or more races. 1.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 385 households, out of whi ...
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Landmark, Arkansas
Landmark (formerly known as Parkers-Iron Springs) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,585. It is part of the Little Rock– North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (8.18%) is water. There is a small lake, Landmark Lake. Demographics 2020 census 2000 Census As of the census of 2000, there were 3,499 people, 1,434 households, and 1,059 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,564 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.05% White, 11.37% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.74% from other races, and 1.91% from two or more races. 1.66% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,434 households, out of which 26.5% had chi ...
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Hensley, Arkansas
Hensley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 139 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Founded on January 27, 1882, it is named for William B. Hensley, a 19th-century landowner. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 150 people, 59 households, and 38 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 71 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 34.00% White, 64.67% Black or African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ..., an ...
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Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Arkansas, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. The six-county Central Arkansas, Little Rock metropolitan area is the Metropolitan statistical area, 81st-most populous in the United States with 748,031 residents according to the 2020 census. As the county seat of Pulaski County, Arkansas, Pulaski County, the city was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center in Central Arkansas. The city derived its name from a rock formation along the river, named The Little Rock, the "Little Rock" by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in 1722. The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Arkansas Post in 1821. Little Rock is a cultural, economic, government, and transportation center within A ...
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Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District
Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas and includes most of the state capital of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, its suburbs, and surrounding areas. The district leans Republican Party (United States), Republican, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+8. However, due to the influence of heavily Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Little Rock, it is still considered the least Republican congressional district in Arkansas, which has an all-Republican congressional delegation. It is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican French Hill (politician), French Hill who has represented the district since January, 2015. The district has been based on the state capital Little Rock since the 1960 United States census. Composition The 2nd congressional district consists of the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Pulaski County, which ...
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Arkansas's 1st Congressional District
Arkansas's 1st congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in eastern Arkansas that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It is currently represented by Republican Rick Crawford. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+23, it is the most Republican district in Arkansas, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation. Political history The Mississippi Delta became dominated by industrial agriculture in the 20th century, with cotton, rice, and soybeans by far the biggest exports from the region. The 1st District covers most of the Arkansas Delta area and stretches as far west as the Ozarks. The farming areas, despite their fertility, are generally poor by national standards. Jobs are limited and unemployment and undereducation are major issues. Rice farms receive substantial subsidies from the federal farming program. Three of the top five subsidy farms in the United States are in this district, and they have recei ...
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