Mount Pleasant, Arkansas

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Population (year 2000): 401. Estimated population in July 2006: 405 (+1.0% change)

Males: 192	(47.9%)
Females: 209	(52.1%)

Izard County

Median resident age:	34.6 years
Arkansas median age:	36.0 years

Zip codes: 72561.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $22,800 (it was $21,875 in 2000)

Mount Pleasant	$22,800
Arkansas:	$34,999

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $51,500 (it was $46,800 in 2000)

Mount Pleasant	$51,500
Arkansas:	$87,400

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Races in Mount Pleasant:

White Non-Hispanic (98.0%)
Hispanic (1.5%)

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Ancestries: United States (34.2%), Irish (9.7%), German (7.5%), English (3.0%), Dutch (1.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 3.46 square miles.

Population density: 117 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Mount Pleasant

High school or higher: 72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
Unemployed: 8.2%
Mean travel time to work: 32.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mount Pleasant town

Never married: 14.9%
Now married: 62.3%
Separated: 1.3%
Widowed: 10.3%
Divorced: 11.3%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.0%
Arkansas:	2.8%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Mount Pleasant:	0.7% ($306)
Arkansas:	0.7% ($500)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jonesboro, AR (74.5 miles , pop. 55,515).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Memphis, TN (137.1 miles , pop. 650,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (409.0 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Cushman, AR (7.6 miles ), Sidney, AR (7.6 miles ), Melbourne, AR (10.4 miles ), Evening Shade, AR (11.8 miles ), Guion, AR (12.5 miles) , Franklin, AR (13.6 miles) , Cave City, AR (15.0 miles ), Batesville, AR (16.7 miles ).

Latitude: 35.98 N, Longitude: 91.77 W

Area code: 870

Mount Pleasant household income distribution

Population change in the 1990s: -20 (-4.8%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (14%)
Food (11%)
Transportation equipment (11%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Chemicals (7%)
Educational services (7%)
U. S. Postal service (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (18%)
Health care (18%)
Social assistance (10%)
Public administration (8%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
Food (5%)
Computer and electronic products (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (19%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Therapists (4%)

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Average climate in Mount Pleasant, Arkansas

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Mount Pleasant, Arkansas average temperatures

Mount Pleasant, Arkansas average precipitation

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Mount Pleasant-area historical tornado activity is near Arkansas state average. It is 148% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/14/1996, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.6 miles away from the Mount Pleasant town center killed 7 people and injured 35 people and caused $3 million in damages.

On 12/24/1982, a category 4 tornado 17.2 miles away from the town center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Pleasant:

WHITE RIVER MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles; BATESVILLE, AR)
STONE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles; MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR)
EASTERN OZARKS REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM (about 27 miles; CHEROKEE VILLAGE, AR)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mount Pleasant:

LITTLE ROCK AFB (about 79 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AR; ID: LRF)
ADAMS FIELD (about 93 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; ID: LIT)
WAYNESVILLE RGNL ARPT AT FORNEY FIELD (about 124 miles; FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO; ID: TBN)

Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Pleasant:

MELBOURNE MUNI - JOHN E MILLER FIELD (about 7 miles; MELBOURNE, AR; ID: 42A)
HORSESHOE BEND (about 17 miles; HORSESHOE BEND, AR; ID: 6M2)
BATESVILLE REGIONAL (about 21 miles; BATESVILLE, AR; ID: BVX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mount Pleasant:

HARDING UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; SEARCY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,959)
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-BEEBE BRANCH (about 62 miles; BEEBE, AR; FT enrollment: 3,840)
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS (about 73 miles; CONWAY, AR; FT enrollment: 7,693)
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 77 miles; STATE UNIVERSITY, AR; FT enrollment: 8,696)
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK (about 95 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; FT enrollment: 8,024)
ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 107 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 4,450)
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF (about 119 miles; PINE BLUFF, AR; FT enrollment: 2,801)

Public high school in Mount Pleasant:

MOUNT PLEASANT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 151; Location: ONE BLUEBIRD LANE; Grades: 07 - 12)

Public elementary/middle school in Mount Pleasant:

MOUNT PLEASANT ELEM. SCHOOL (Students: 177; Location: ONE BLUEBIRD LANE; Grades: KG - 06)

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Church in Mount Pleasant: Macedonia Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Mount Pleasant and their reported violations in the past:

MT PLEASANT WATERWORKS (Population served: 1127, Groundwater_under_infl_of_surface_water):

Past health violations:

Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In FEB-1999. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-12-1999), St Formal NOV issued (APR-12-1999), St Public Notif received (APR-22-1999)

Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In NOV-1997. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-05-1998), St Formal NOV issued (JAN-05-1998), St Other (FEB-25-1998)

Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In AUG-1997. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-03-1997), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-03-1997), St Other (FEB-25-1998)

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In AUG-2002

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In MAY-1999. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-30-1999), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-30-1999)

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In APR-1999. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-10-1999), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-10-1999)

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In FEB-1999. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-12-1999), St Formal NOV issued (APR-12-1999)

Notification, Public - In FEB-1999, Contaminant: SWTR

2 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
Arkansas:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	68.1%
Whole state:	70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	3.0%
Whole state:	3.9%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	21.5%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	6.4%
Whole state:	6.6%

Mount Pleasant compared to Arkansas state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Banks with branches in Mount Pleasant (2007 data):

The First National Bank of Izard County: Mount Pleasant Branch at Main Street And Guion Road, branch established on 1976-03-08. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $122.0 mil, Deposits: $88.7 mil, headquarters in Calico Rock, AR, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Wyatt Bancshares, Inc.

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School Enrollment by Level of School

Mount Pleasant mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Izard County Arkansas:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

9.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,788 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.03%
Arkansas average:	7.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Fulton County, AR	0.80% ($19,281 average AGI)
from Baxter County, AR	0.60% ($40,042)
from Independence County, AR	0.55% ($27,545)

7.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,346 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.80%
Arkansas average:	7.29%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Baxter County, AR	0.81% ($24,250 average AGI)
to Independence County, AR	0.76% ($27,533)
to Sharp County, AR	0.73% ($21,034)

Strongest AM radio stations in Mount Pleasant:

KGHT (880 AM; 50 kW; SHERIDAN, AR; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
KAAY (1090 AM; 50 kW; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KAAB (1130 AM; 1 kW; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: W R D ENTERTAINMENT, INC.)
WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
KBTA (1340 AM; 1 kW; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: WRD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.)
KMTL (760 AM; daytime; 10 kW; SHERWOOD, AR; Owner: GEORGE V. DOMERESE)
KWCK (1300 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SEARCY, AR; Owner: CALDWELL BROADCASTING, LLC)
WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
KGFL (1110 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CLINTON, AR; Owner: KING-SULIVAN RADIO)
KCGS (960 AM; 5 kW; MARSHALL, AR; Owner: SOUTHLAND BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Mount Pleasant:

KZLE (93.1 FM; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: WRD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.)
KWOZ (103.3 FM; MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR; Owner: MOUNTAIN VIEW BROADCASTING CORP)
KBTA-FM (99.5 FM; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: W R D ENTERTAINMENT, INC.)
KOMT (107.5 FM; MOUNTAIN HOME, AR; Owner: MAC PARTNERS)
KZIG (89.9 FM; CAVE CITY, AR; Owner: CAVE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS)
KBMJ (89.5 FM; HEBER SPRINGS, AR; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
KFFB (106.1 FM; FAIRFIELD BAY, AR; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCAST, INC)
KABK-FM (97.7 FM; AUGUSTA, AR; Owner: FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER CHURCH, INC.)
KLLN (90.9 FM; NEWARK, AR; Owner: NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS)

TV broadcast stations around Mount Pleasant:

K22ES (Channel 22; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K35EA (Channel 35; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K57IP (Channel 57; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K67GR (Channel 67; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K20EX (Channel 20; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K40DS (Channel 40; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K53FM (Channel 53; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K57FV (Channel 57; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K59FB (Channel 59; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K61FP (Channel 61; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
K69GT (Channel 69; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
KAIT (Channel 8; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
KEMV (Channel 6; MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
K12MY (Channel 12; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS 49, INC.)

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