Editing Sweet Home, Arkansas

{{Short description|Census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Sweet Home, Arkansas
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
|image_skyline            = 
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = 
|image_seal               = 
|image_map                = Pulaski_County_Arkansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Sweet_Home_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]] and the state of [[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        = [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski]]
|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           = 10.54
|area_total_sq_mi         = 4.07
|area_land_km2            = 10.07
|area_land_sq_mi          = 3.89
|area_water_km2           = 0.47
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.18
|elevation_ft             = 305
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 712
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 70.67
|population_density_sq_mi = 183.03
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|34|40|15|N|92|15|02|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 72164
|area_code                = [[Area code 501|501]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 05-68330
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2402909<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2402909}}</ref>
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = 
}}

'''Sweet Home''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. Its population was 849 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=May 6, 2011}}</ref> It is part of the '[[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]-[[North Little Rock, Arkansas|North Little Rock]]-[[Arkansas|AR]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]'.

It is a majority African-American area.<ref name=Encycl>{{cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sweet-home-pulaski-county-4056/|title=Sweet Home (Pulaski County)|work=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]|access-date=2025-04-04}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|3.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}} (2.72%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 1070
|2010= 849
|2020= 712
|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"
|+Sweet Home racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0568330&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)
| 150
| 21.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 500
| 70.22%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 4
| 0.56%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 26
| 3.65%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 32
| 4.49%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 712 people, 259 households, and 125 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 1,070 people, 385 households, and 267 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|272.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 463 housing units at an average density of {{convert|117.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 24.11% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 74.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.37% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], and 1.40% from two or more races.  1.12% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 385 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 23.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.42.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $23,352, and the median income for a family was $30,781. Males had a median income of $22,069 versus $21,643 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $8,868.  About 21.7% of families and 25.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.3% of those under age 18 and 60.0% of those age 65 or over.

==History==
Most of the geographical history of Sweet Home and the surrounding areas was farms and fields. After [[bauxite mining]] between the 1940s through 1960s many blue holes were formed in the Sweet Home Area.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherer |first1=Robert |title=Sweet Home (Pulaski County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4056 |website=www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref>

Sweet Home was the site of the Arkansas Confederate [[Old soldiers home|Soldiers' Home]] from 1890 to 1955, but the home was moved to the grounds of the [[Arkansas School for the Deaf|Schools for the Deaf]] and [[Arkansas School for the Blind|Blind]] in Little Rock from 1955 to 1963.<ref>Arkansas History Commission, "Arkansas Confederate Home Records" in Catalog of Arkansas Resources and Archival Treasures at {{cite web |url=http://arkansashistory.arkansas.com/documenting/confederate_homes.asp |title=Search Arkansas Confederate home records |access-date=January 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530191149/http://arkansashistory.arkansas.com/documenting/confederate_homes.asp |archive-date=May 30, 2009 }} (accessed January 27, 2009).</ref> The Hanger Cotton Gin is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Pulaski County, Arkansas|National Register of Historic Places]].

==Government==
On May 29, 1877, its first post office opened.<ref name=Encycl/>

A facility for African-American mothers who were not married, a branch of the [[Florence Crittenton Home (Little Rock, Arkansas)|Florence Crittenton Home]] established during a time of [[de jure]] [[racial segregation in the United States]], existed in Sweet Home with its start in 1950. It closed in the 1960s.<ref name=Encycl/> 

==Education==
It is in the [[Pulaski County Special School District]].<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Divison|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05119_pulaski/DC20SD_C05119.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417221133/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05119_pulaski/DC20SD_C05119.pdf |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pulaski County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|date=December 17, 2020|accessdate=2025-04-04}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05119_pulaski/DC20SD_C05119_SD2MS.txt Text list] - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05119_pulaski/DC10SD_C05119_001.pdf 2010 map] and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05119_pulaski/DC10SD_C05119_SD2MS.txt list]</ref>

Sweet Home is zoned to [[College Station, Arkansas|College Station]] Elementary School, 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}}</ref> Mills is located in Sweet Home.<ref>{{cite news|title=State Champ Baseball Team Leads Inductees|newspaper=[[Baxter Bulletin]]|date=2017-10-11|pages=1D-2D ([https://www.newspapers.com/clip/169540272/ clipping])|place=Mountain Home, Arkansas|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} - [https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school-sports/2017/10/10/state-champ-baseball-team-leads-class-inductees/747724001/ Alternate copy at] ''[[The Tennessean]]''.</ref>

Some nearby students attended Daisy Bates Elementary School.<ref name=Encycl/>

==Notable people==
*[[Calvin C. Bliss]]<ref name=Encycl/>
*Writer and poet [[Henry Dumas]] (1934–1968).<ref name=Encycl/>

[[Scipio Jones]] worked as a teacher in a school in Sweet Home.<ref name=Encycl/>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
[https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sweet-home-pulaski-county-4056/ ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas'']

{{Pulaski County, Arkansas}}
{{portal bar|Arkansas|Geography}}
{{authority control}}

[[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]]