Lake View, Arkansas
| Lake View, Arkansas | |
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 Location in Phillips County and the state of Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: 34°24′56″N 90°48′49″W / 34.415534°N 90.813592°WCoordinates: 34°24′56″N 90°48′49″W / 34.415534°N 90.813592°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| Counties | Phillips |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5 sq mi (13 km2) |
| • Land | 5 sq mi (13 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 531 |
| • Density | 106.2/sq mi (40.8/km2) |
Lake View is a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 531 at the 2000 census. Because there is also a Lakeview in Baxter County, many residents want to rename Lakeview to "Lake Helena". The original settlement name was "Turkey Scratch" from the 1850s to the official declaration of the town's namesake was in the 1920s. It is one of the few communities in the U.S. with an African-American percentage at over 90 percent of the populations.
Lake View is located at 34°24′56″N 90°48′49″W / 34.415534°N 90.813592°W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.0 square miles (13 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 531 people, 177 households, and 136 families residing in the city. The population density was 105.6 people per square mile (40.8/km²). There were 222 housing units at an average density of 44.2/sq mi (17.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 7.16% White, 91.71% African American, and 1.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.19% of the population.
There were 177 households out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.4% were married couples living together, 41.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.47.
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