Editing College Station, Arkansas

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|official_name            = College Station, Arkansas
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]] and the state of [[Arkansas]]
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Arkansas]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski]]
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|area_total_km2           = 2.86
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.10
|area_land_km2            = 2.83
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.09
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|elevation_ft             = 312
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 469
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|population_density_km2   = 165.47
|population_density_sq_mi = 428.70
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|postal_code              = 72053
|area_code                = [[Area code 501|501]]
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|blank_info               = 05-14860
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|blank1_info              = 2402786<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2402786}}</ref>
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'''College Station''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. The population was 600 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010]] census.<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 26, 2011}}</ref> It is part of the [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]&ndash;[[North Little Rock, Arkansas|North Little Rock]]&ndash;[[Conway, Arkansas|Conway]] [[Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 766
|2010= 600
|2020= 469
|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|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+College Station racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0514860&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 31, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 15
| 3.2%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 435
| 92.75%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 11
| 2.35%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 8
| 1.71%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 469 people, 167 households, and 142 families residing in the CDP.

===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 766 people, 260 households, and 171 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|683.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 309 housing units at an average density of {{convert|275.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 1.48% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 95.78% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.78% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], and 1.83% from two or more races.  0.78% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 260 households, out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 32.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.43.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $14,191, and the median income for a family was $14,464. Males had a median income of $25,893 versus $17,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $9,498. About 60.2% of families and 53.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 76.3% of those under age 18 and 28.3% of those age 65 or over.

== Education ==
It is within the [[Pulaski County Special School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05119_pulaski/DC10SD_C05119_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Pulaski County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=February 28, 2021}}</ref> It is zoned to College Station Elementary School (which serves students in kindergarten through grade five), Fuller Middle School, and [[Wilbur D. Mills University Studies High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ches.pcssd.org/o/pcssd/page/school-zone-map--10|title=School Zone Map|publisher=[[Pulaski County Special School District]]|accessdate=March 3, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118064152/https://ches.pcssd.org/o/pcssd/page/school-zone-map--10|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Pulaski County SSD established a school in College Station. From 1949 to 1963, Otis Lee Walker was the principal of the school, which was central to the community of College Station. It was originally a single-room white frame building located in the main red-dirt road called Route 2 in Pulaski County. Route 2 is now known as Frazier Pike. Initially the school provided K-8 education, but during the 50s the higher grades of 7 and above were switched to Sweet Home, under the principalship of David Lyons who worked collaboratively with Otis Walker. Two additional frame buildings were added to the original location of the school providing for a cafeteria to accommodate school lunches and a space for school programs. A major fire of unknown origins destroyed much of the school during the late 1950s. The new facility was constructed at the current school location of 4710 Frazier Pike, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Shortly after court-mandated integration in the late 1960s, the black residents of College Station established a "boycott school" known as the Freedom School in protest of a busing plan. This school had an enrollment of 300, but existed for only two weeks.<ref name="eoaPSM">{{cite web|title=Private School Movement|url=http://m.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/detail/?entryID=9384|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=January 8, 2018}}</ref>

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Pulaski County, Arkansas]]