Editing East Camden, Arkansas

{{for|the community in South Carolina|East Camden, South Carolina}}
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'''East Camden''' is a city<ref>{{Citation | title = Local.Arkansas.gov - East Camden | url = http://local.arkansas.gov/local.php?agency=East%20Camden
 | access-date = September 3, 2012}}</ref> in [[Ouachita County, Arkansas|Ouachita County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. The population was 931 at the 2010 census. It is part of the [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]] [[Camden micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]]. East Camden was originally called Billkitts Rental Housing and began as a planned community created to support the nearby [[Shumaker Naval Ammunition Depot]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/danielr/index.htm |title=Shumaker NAD: An ongoing research project by Travis Daniel |access-date=January 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003151911/http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/danielr/index.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As he did for the rest of the facility, the depot's Chief Maintenance Engineer, A.T. Smith, designed the general layout of the town and named its streets. U.S. Senator [[John Little McClellan]] later arranged for Smith, who boasted the most intimate knowledge of the depot, to travel to Washington, D.C., and negotiate "over White House tea" with Lyndon B. Johnson to transfer ownership of the sprawling NAD complex to Johnson's [[Kellogg, Brown and Root|Brown and Root]].

Brown and Root's Highland Resources would later transform the depot into an industrial park catering primarily to defense contractors who could be enticed by the local eight-mile (13&nbsp;km) long rocket range, the vast array of underground storage bunkers, highly specialized building infrastructure, low cost of labor and excellent railroad system. As part of the transfer agreement, the Brown Foundation also donated {{convert|70|acre|m2}} of land and six buildings to establish a two-year technical college now known as Southern Arkansas University Tech.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 589
|1980= 632
|1990= 783
|2000= 902
|2010= 931
|2020= 798
|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>
}}
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 931 people living in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 64.2% White, 31.0% Black, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% Asian and 1.4% from two or more races. 2.7% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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 902 people, 365 households, and 251 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|621.9|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|abbr=on}}. There were 401 housing units at an average density of {{convert|276.5|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|abbr=on}}. The racial makeup of the town was 70.18% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 26.83% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.22% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.11% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.66% from two or more races. 3.33% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 365 households, out of which 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.6% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,804, and the median income for a family was $40,568. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $20,114 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,272. About 9.2% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

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[[Category:Camden, Arkansas micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Cities in Ouachita County, Arkansas]]
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[[Category:Planned communities in Arkansas]]
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