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Caraway (Arkansas)

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Caraway is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town originally began as a lumber camp known as White Switch in 1912. It was incorporated in 1923, taking its name from then-U.S. Senator Thaddeus Caraway. Caraway is located in the Arkansas Delta region at (35.759143, -90.323051). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.0 km2 (2.3 mi2), all land. Ecologically, Caraway is located within the St. Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Waterways have mostly been channelized, causing loss of aquatic and riparian wildlife habitat. The St. Francis Sunken Lands Wildlife Management Area, which preserves some of the bottomland hardwood forest typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies just west of Caraway along the St. Francis River. Highway 135 Highway 139 Highway 158 As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,133 people, 422 households, and 231 families residing in the city. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,349 people, 547 households, and 386 families residing in the town. The population density was 224.5/km2 (581.4/mi2). There were 606 housing units at an average density of 100.9/km2 (261.2/mi2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.63% White, 0.07% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 1.33% from other races, and 0.89% from two or more races. 2.89% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 547 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.
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