DeQueen, Arkansas
| De Queen, Arkansas | |
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| City | |
De Queen City Hall
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 Location in Sevier County and the state of Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: 34°2′24″N 94°20′31″W / 34.04000°N 94.34194°WCoordinates: 34°2′24″N 94°20′31″W / 34.04000°N 94.34194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Sevier |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Billy Ray McKelvey |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.7 sq mi (14.8 km2) |
| • Land | 5.6 sq mi (14.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 420 ft (128 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,629 |
| • Density | 1,183.8/sq mi (454.0/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 71832 |
| Area code(s) | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-18490 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0066997 |
| Website | cityofdequeen |
De Queen (/diː kwiːn/, DEE-queen) is a city and the county seat of Sevier County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,629 at the 2010 census. The placename is the anglicization of the family name of the Dutch merchant and railway financier, Jan de Goeijen (1861–1944). De Goeijen was reportedly rather unhappy with the deformation of his name.
De Queen is located at 34°2′24″N 94°20′31″W / 34.04000°N 94.34194°W (34.039994, −94.341964).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.7 square miles (15 km2), of which 5.6 square miles (15 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.23%) is water.
De Queen hosts a campus of the Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas. The college also provides non-credit coursework in adult education: GED classes, ESL training, test preparation, and computer literacy.
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,629 people in De Queen. The median age was 29. The ethnic and racial composition of the population was 36.7% non-Hispanic white, 5.6% non-Hispanic black, 2.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 35.1% reporting some other race and 4.2% reporting two or more races. 53.5% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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