DeWitt (Arkansas)
Arkansas County
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DeWitt is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and next to Stuttgart one of two administrative headquarters of the Arkansas County in the U.S. state of Arkansas. In 2010, DeWitt had 3292 inhabitants.
Geography
DeWitt is located in Eastern Arkansas, 37 km north of the Arkansas River and about 80 km west of the border with the Mississippi forming the Mississippi River.
The geographical coordinates of 34 ° 17'34 DeWitt " north latitude and 91 ° 20'16 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.7 km ² and is located within the La Grue Township.
Neighboring towns of DeWitt are Van ( 11.2 km ENE ) Tichnor ( 23.8 km SSE ), Gillett (22,5 km south), Lodge Corner (17,8 km to the west ) and Almyra (19,6 km northwest ).
The nearest large towns are Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (131 km north-west ), Memphis, Tennessee (185 km northeast), Mississippi's capital Jackson ( 331 km south-southeast ) and Shreveport, Louisiana (366 km southwest).
Traffic
U.S. Highway 165 forms the western border town of DeWitt. in the city center take the Arkansas State Routes 1, 130, 152 and 153 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the De Witt Municipal Airport is 5.6 km south-east a small airfield. The next airports are the Bill and Hillary Clinton in Little Rock National Airport (122 km north-west ) and the Memphis International Airport (193 km northeast).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in DeWitt 3292 people in 1366 households. The population density was 491.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In 1366 households lived statistically 2.3 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 74.5 percent white, 21.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 2.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 32,607. The per capita income was $ 20,983. 20.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.