Editing Dyer, Arkansas

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Dyer, Arkansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|image_skyline            = Dyer, Arkansas view from mountain.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Outskirts of Dyer with Arkansas River in the background, July 2005
|image_seal               = 
|image_map                = File:Crawford County Arkansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Dyer Highlighted 0520200.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Dyer in Crawford County, Arkansas.
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|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        = [[Crawford County, Arkansas|Crawford]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
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|established_date         = 
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 7.62
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.94
|area_land_km2            = 7.62
|area_land_sq_mi          = 2.94
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|elevation_ft             = 430
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 772
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 101.36
|population_density_sq_mi = 262.50
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|35|29|40|N|94|08|20|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 72935
|area_code                = [[Area code 479|479]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 05-20200
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2403523<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2403523}}</ref>
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.cityofdyerar.com/}}
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|pop_est_footnotes        = 
|population_est           = 
|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>
}}
'''Dyer''' is a city<ref>{{Citation
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 | title = Local.Arkansas.gov - Dyer
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 | url = http://local.arkansas.gov/local.php?agency=Dyer
 | access-date = September 3, 2012 }}</ref> in [[Crawford County, Arkansas|Crawford County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. It is part of the [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]]-[[Oklahoma]] [[Fort Smith metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 876 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0520200| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212182814/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0520200| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dyer city, Arkansas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=June 18, 2014}}</ref>

==History==
Dyer was [[plat]]ted in 1884 by G. E. Dyer soon after the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="Higginson">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5uwxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA555 | title=History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas | publisher=Higginson Book Company | year=1889 | page=555}}</ref> The community has the name of the local Dyer family; S. M. Dyer bought the town site in 1870.<ref name="Higginson" /> A post office has been in operation at Dyer since 1885.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=AR | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
Dyer is located in southeastern Crawford County in the [[Arkansas River]] valley. [[U.S. Route 64]] passes through the community, leading west {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Alma, Arkansas|Alma]] and {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Van Buren, Arkansas|Van Buren]], the county seat, and east {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Mulberry, Arkansas|Mulberry]]. [[Interstate 40 in Arkansas|Interstate 40]] passes through the northern part of Dyer but does not have a direct exit for the city; the nearest access is from Exit 20 in the western part of Mulberry.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Dyer has a total area of {{convert|6.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 343
|1910= 433
|1920= 609
|1930= 425
|1940= 513
|1950= 398
|1960= 450
|1970= 486
|1980= 608
|1990= 502
|2000= 585
|2010= 876
|2020= 772
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Dyer racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0520200&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=January 1, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 669
| 86.66%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 9
| 1.17%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 9
| 1.17%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 4
| 0.52%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 44
| 5.7%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 37
| 4.79%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 772 people, 277 households, and 211 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]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 585 people, 230 households, and 163 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|86.9|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|people|people|abbr=on}}. There were 248 housing units at an average density of {{convert|36.8|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|units|units|abbr=on}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.24% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.17% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.20% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.85% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], and 1.54% from two or more races. 0.17% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 230 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the town the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $23,438, and the median income for a family was $28,500. Males had a median income of $28,523 versus $21,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,206. About 22.6% of families and 34.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 52.7% of those under age 18 and 32.1% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Crawford County, Arkansas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Crawford County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Fort Smith metropolitan area]]