Editing Moro, Arkansas

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|official_name            = Moro, Arkansas
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|image_skyline            = Moro, AR 003.jpg
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|image_caption            = Moro City Park in downtown Moro
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|map_caption              = Location of Moro in Lee 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        = [[Lee County, Arkansas|Lee]]
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|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           = 2.50
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.96
|area_land_km2            = 2.50
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.96
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|elevation_ft             = 200
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 177
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 70.83
|population_density_sq_mi = 183.42
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|34|47|31|N|90|59|17|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 72368
|area_code                = [[Area code 870|870]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 05-46910
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2406194<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406194}}</ref>
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'''Moro''' is a town in [[Lee County, Arkansas|Lee County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. The population was 216 at the [[2000 United States Census|2010 census]].

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 2.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}} (0.9&nbsp;mi<sup>2</sup>), all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1880= 51
|1920= 265
|1930= 187
|1940= 278
|1950= 189
|1960= 182
|1970= 489
|1980= 327
|1990= 287
|2000= 241
|2010= 216
|2020= 177
|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, 2015}}</ref>
}}

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 2010, there were 216 people, 109 households, and 75 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 97.9/km{{sup|2}} (255.0/mi<sup>2</sup>).  There were 115 housing units at an average density of 46.7/km{{sup|2}} (121.7/mi<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.34% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 1.66% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]].

There were 109 households, out of which 22.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.9% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $27,857, and the median income for a family was $35,625. Males had a median income of $21,667 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,264.  About 12.3% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.9% of those under the age of 18 and 22.6% of those 65 or over.

==Education==
It is in the [[Lee County School District (Arkansas)|Lee County School District]], based in [[Marianna, Arkansas|Marianna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05077_lee/DC10SD_C05077_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Lee County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref> The local high school is [[Lee High School (Arkansas)|Lee High School]].

In 1967 the [[Aubrey, Arkansas|Aubrey]], [[Brickeys, Arkansas|Brickeys]], and Moro school districts all merged into the Marianna district.<ref name=Goatcherp12>{{cite web|last=Goatcher|first=Truett|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED458075.pdf|title=School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?|publisher=Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators|date=January 1999|page=12 (PDF p. 15/27)}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Lee County, Arkansas}}

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[[Category:Towns in Lee County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Towns in Arkansas]]