CAVE CITY, ARKANSAS

'Cave City' is a city in Sharp and Independence counties in Arkansas. The population was 1,946 at the 2000 census.
Cave City is known for its award winning "world's sweetest" watermelons and holds an annual watermelon festival in August.

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Geography

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Geography

Cave City is located at (35.948087, -91.550952). The town is located above the Chrystal River, an underground river within Chrystal River Cave for which the town is named.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.7 km² (2.6 mi²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,946 people, 775 households, and 538 families residing in the city. The population density was 290.1/km² (752.7/mi²). There were 843 housing units at an average density of 125.7/km² (326.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.84% White, 0.57% Black or African American, 0.72% Native American, 0.05% Asian, and 0.82% from two or more races. 1.18% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 775 households out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 79.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,163, and the median income for a family was $27,292. Males had a median income of $21,397 versus $17,424 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,925. About 17.0% of families and 21.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.3% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over.

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