Hope, Arkansas | |
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City | |
.jpg) Downtown Hope | |
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| Motto(s): "A Slice of the Good Life" "I still believe in a place called Hope" | |
 Location of Hope in Hempstead County, Arkansas | |
  Hope  Hope | |
| Coordinates: 33°40′35″N 93°35′24″W / 33.67639°N 93.59000°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Arkansas |
| County | Hempstead |
| Founded | 1875 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| Area | |
• City | 10.76 sq mi (27.87 km2) |
| • Land | 10.68 sq mi (27.67 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.20 km2) |
| Elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 8,952 |
| • Density | 837.97/sq mi (323.55/km2) |
| • Metro | 30,591 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 71801-71802 |
| Area code | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-33190 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404726[2] |
| Website | www |
Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County[3] and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,095,[4] and in 2019 the population was estimated at 9,599.[5]
Hope is the birthplace of three Arkansas governors: Bill Clinton (who was also President of the United States from 1993 to 2001), Mike Huckabee (who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016), and Sarah Huckabee Sanders (the incumbent governor and daughter of Mike Huckabee).
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hope, Arkansas
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hope city, Arkansas". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved May 21, 2020.