Editing Bay, Arkansas

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Bay, Arkansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|image_skyline            = Bay AR 012.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Bay City Hall, July 2011
|image_seal               = 
|image_map                = File:Craighead County Arkansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bay Highlighted 0504180.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Bay in Craighead County, Arkansas.
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             = 
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Arkansas|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Arkansas]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Craighead County, Arkansas|Craighead]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|established_date         = 
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_05.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 8.02
|area_total_sq_mi         = 3.10
|area_land_km2            = 8.00
|area_land_sq_mi          = 3.09
|area_water_km2           = 0.02
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|elevation_ft             = 226
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 1876
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 234.59
|population_density_sq_mi = 607.51
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|35|45|04|N|90|33|12|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 72411
|area_code                = [[Area code 870|870]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 05-04180
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2403823<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2403823}}</ref>
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|http://cityofbay.org/}}
}}
'''Bay''' is a city in [[Craighead County, Arkansas|Craighead County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. The population was 1,876 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is included in the [[Jonesboro metropolitan area|Jonesboro]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].
[[File:Bay AR 016.jpg|thumb|Post office]]

==Geography==
Bay is located in the [[Arkansas Delta]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.3|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

Ecologically, Bay is located within the [[Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion)#St. Francis Lowlands (73c)|St. Francis Lowlands]] [[ecoregion]] within the larger [[Mississippi Alluvial Plain]]. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the [[1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes]]. Waterways have mostly been [[Channelization (river)|channelized]], causing loss of aquatic and [[riparian]] wildlife habitat.<ref name=ark4>{{USGS|title=Ecoregions of Arkansas|comment=color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs |author= Woods, A.J., Foti, T.L., Chapman, S.S., Omernik, J.M. |display-authors=et al |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Level_IV_ecoregions,_Arkansas.pdf }}</ref> The [[St. Francis Sunken Lands Wildlife Management Area]], which preserves some of the [[bottomland hardwood forest]] typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies east of Bay along the [[St. Francis River]].

==History==
Located at 35.756882,-90.56504, there are only 2 remaining mounds of society who inhabited the area between 1200 and 1400AD.  The Bay group itself culturally belongs to the Lawhorn Phase, a society which existed along both sides of the St. Francis River north of Marked Tree, Arkansas.

At 3:01 PM on April 27, 2011, a tornado hit Bay as part of the [[2011 Super Outbreak]].<ref name=Memphis/> The tornado was rated low-end EF2, with estimated wind speeds of {{convert|115|mph|km/h kn}}.<ref name= Memphis>[http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=MEG&product=PNS&format=CI&version=2&glossary=0 NOAA Memphis Report]</ref> The tornado lifted a carport and other light debris at the jonesboro Airport; its path of destruction was {{convert|200|yd|m}} wide and the tornado travelled a path of {{convert|0.7|mi|km}}.<ref name= Memphis/>

=== List of highways ===
*[[File:I-555 (AR 1961).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 555]]
*{{jct|state=AR|AR|158}}
*{{jct|state=AR|AR|463}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 300
|1940= 357
|1950= 500
|1960= 627
|1970= 751
|1980= 1605
|1990= 1660
|2000= 1800
|2010= 1801
|2020= 1876
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref><br>2014 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014|accessdate=June 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019182931/https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015-3.html|archive-date=October 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Bay racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0504180&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,684
| 89.77%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 62
| 3.3%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 10
| 0.53%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 2
| 0.11%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 2
| 0.11%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 89
| 4.74%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 27
| 1.44%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,876 people, 717 households, and 532 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,800 people, 690 households, and 518 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|536.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 734 housing units at an average density of {{convert|218.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 95.39% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.94% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.78% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.72% from two or more races.  1.50% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 690 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% 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 3.07.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,828, and the median income for a family was $35,833. Males had a median income of $28,594 versus $19,732 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $12,743.  About 13.3% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 19.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable person==
*[[Wally Moon]], baseball player

==References==
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{{Commons category|Bay, Arkansas}}

{{Craighead County, Arkansas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Craighead County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Jonesboro metropolitan area]]