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Population (year 2000): 306. Estimated
population in July 2005: 314 (+2.6% change)
Males: 150 (49.0%), Females: 156 (51.0%)
Zip code:
72039
Median resident age: 43.5 years
Median household income: $28,977 (year 2000)
Median house value: $65,000 (year 2000)
Races in Damascus:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- Black (1.0%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (17.6%), Irish
(14.4%), English (8.2%), German (7.5%), Dutch (5.6%),
Scotch-Irish (3.3%).
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Damascus
- High school or higher: 71.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 2.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 32.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Damascus town
- Never married: 19.8%
- Now married: 58.2%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 10.5%
- Divorced: 10.1%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -39 (-11.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Damascus:
- OZARK HEALTH, INC (about 16 miles; CLINTON, AR)
- CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles;
CONWAY, AR)
- BAPTIST HEALTH MED CEN HEBER SPRINGS (about 29
miles; HEBER SPRINGS, AR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Damascus:
- LITTLE ROCK AFB (about 38 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AR;
ID: LRF)
- ADAMS FIELD (about 47 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; ID:
LIT)
- MEMORIAL FIELD (about 78 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR; ID:
HOT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Damascus:
- CLINTON MUNI (about 16 miles; CLINTON, AR; ID: 4M4)
- HOLLEY MOUNTAIN AIRPARK (about 20 miles; CLINTON,
AR; ID: 2A2)
- DENNIS F CANTRELL FIELD (about 21 miles; CONWAY, AR;
ID: M03)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Damascus:
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS (about 19 miles;
CONWAY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 7,693)
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-BEEBE BRANCH (about 40
miles; BEEBE, AR; FT enrollment: 3,840)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK (about 45
miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; FT enrollment: 8,024)
- HARDING UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; SEARCY, AR; FT
enrollment: 3,959)
- ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles;
RUSSELLVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 4,450)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF (about 83
miles; PINE BLUFF, AR; FT enrollment: 2,801)
- HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 105 miles;
ARKADELPHIA, AR; FT enrollment: 3,109)
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