Editing Hope, Arkansas (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 1233
|1890= 1937
|1900= 1644
|1910= 3639
|1920= 4790
|1930= 6008
|1940= 7475
|1950= 8605
|1960= 8399
|1970= 8830
|1980= 10290
|1990= 9643
|2000= 10616
|2010= 10095
|2020= 8952
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Hope racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0533190&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 10, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,530
|28.26%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|3,950
|44.12%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|25
|0.28%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|25
|0.28%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|4
|0.04%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|301
|3.36%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|2,117
|23.65%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,952 people, 3,375 households, and 2,447 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 10,095 people living in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 43.2% Black, 34.0% White, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.1% from some other race and 1.4% from two or more races. 20.8% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

===2000 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 10,616 people, 3,961 households, and 2,638 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1061.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,301 housing units at an average density of {{convert|430.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 47.71% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 43.17% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.38% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.30% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.63% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.78% from two or more races. 13.48% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 3,961 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were married couples living together, 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. Of 3,961 households, 192 are unmarried partner households: 175 heterosexual. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,385, and the median income for a family was $28,445. Males had a median income of $23,525 versus $17,394 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,783. About 22.3% of families and 27.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.1% of those under age 18 and 17.3% of those age 65 or over.