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Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Coordinates:34°13′42″N92°00′00″W/ 34.22833°N 92.00000°W/34.22833; -92.00000
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Pine Bluff, Arkansas
City
City of Pine Bluff
Downtown Pine Bluff
Downtown Pine Bluff
Official seal of Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Seal
Motto:
"City of Progress"
Location in Jefferson County and Arkansas
Location in Jefferson County and Arkansas
Pine Bluff is located in the United States
Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff
Location in the United States
Coordinates:34°13′42″N92°00′00″W/ 34.22833°N 92.00000°W/34.22833; -92.00000
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyJefferson
TownshipVaugine
IncorporatedJanuary 8, 1839
(185 years ago)(1839-01-08)
Government
• TypeMayor–Council
•Mayor(D)
•CouncilPine Bluff City Council
Area
[1]
•City46.38 sq mi (120.12 km2)
• Land44.18 sq mi (114.43 km2)
• Water2.20 sq mi (5.69 km2)
Elevation
[2]
226 ft (69 m)
Population
(2020)
•City41,253
• Density933.71/sq mi (360.50/km2)
•Metro
100,258
Time zoneUTC−06:00(CST)
• Summer (DST)UTC−05:00(CDT)
ZIP code(s)
71601, 71602, 71603
Area code(s)870
FIPS code05-55310
GNISfeature ID2404520[2]
Major airportClinton National(LIT)
Websitecityofpinebluff-ar.gov

Pine Bluffis the10th most populous cityin the US state ofArkansasand thecounty seatofJefferson County.[3]It is the principal city of thePine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Areaand part of theLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Pine BluffCombined Statistical Area.The population of the city was 41,253 in the2020 census.[4]

The city is situated in the Southeast section of theArkansas Deltaand straddles theArkansas Timberlandsregion to its west.[5]Its topography is flat with wide expanses of farmland, similar to other places in the Delta Lowlands. Pine Bluff has numerous creeks, streams, and bayous, includingBayou Bartholomew,the longest bayou in the world and the second most ecologically diverse stream in the United States.[6]Large bodies of water include Lake Pine Bluff, Lake Langhofer (Slack Water Harbor), and theArkansas River.

History[edit]

Pre-Columbian era to colonial era[edit]

The area along theArkansas Riverhad been inhabited for thousands of years byindigenous peoplesof various cultures. They used the river for transportation as did European settlers after them, and for fishing. By the time of encounter with Europeans, the historicalQuapawwere the chief people in the area, having migrated from theOhio Rivervalley centuries before.[citation needed]

The city of Pine Bluff was founded on a high bank of the Arkansas River heavily forested with tall pine trees.[7]The high ground furnished settlers a safe haven from annual flooding.[7]Joseph Bonne, aMétisfur traderand trapper of mixedQuapawand colonialFrenchancestry, settled on this bluff in 1819.[7][8]

1824–1860: Antebellum era[edit]

After the Quapaw signed a treaty with the United States in 1824 relinquishing their title to all the lands which they claimed inArkansas,many other American settlers began to join Bonne on the bluff. In 1829 Thomas Phillips claimed a half section of land where Pine Bluff is located.Jefferson Countywas established by the Territorial Legislature on November 2, 1829, and began functioning as a county April 19, 1830.[citation needed]

At the August 13, 1832, county election, the pine bluff settlement was chosen as the county seat. The Quorum Court voted to name the village "Pine Bluff Town" on October 16, 1832.[7]Pine Bluff was incorporated January 8, 1839, by the order of County Judge Taylor. At the time, the village had about 50 residents. Improved transportation aided in the growth of Pine Bluff during the 1840s and 1850s.[citation needed]

With its proximity to the Arkansas River, the small town served as a port for travel and shipping.Steamshipsprovided the primary mode of transport, arriving from downriver ports such asNew Orleans.From 1832 to 1838, Pine Bluff residents would see Native American migrants on theTrail of Tearswaterway who were being forcibly removed by the US Army from the American Southeast to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.[9]

From 1832 to 1858, Pine Bluff was also a station on the passage of Seminole andBlack Seminoles,who were forcibly removed from Florida to the Territory. They included the legendary Black Seminole leaderJohn Horse,who arrived in the city via the steamboatSwanin 1842.[10][11][12]

1861–1900: Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond[edit]

Pine Bluff was prospering by the outbreak of theCivil War;most of its wealth was based on the commodity crop of cotton. This was cultivated on large plantations by hundreds of thousands ofenslavedAfricans throughout the state, but especially in the Delta. The city had one of the largest slave populations in the state by 1860,[13]andJefferson County, Arkansaswas second in cotton production in the state.[14]WhenUnionforces occupiedLittle Rock,a group of Pine Bluff residents asked commanding Major GeneralFrederick Steeleto send Union forces to occupy their town to protect them from bands of Confederatebushwhackers.[15]Union troops underColonelPowell Claytonarrived September 17, 1863, and stayed until the war was over.[15]

Confederate GeneralJ.S. Marmaduketried to expel the Union Army in theBattle of Pine BluffOctober 25, 1863, but was repulsed by a combined effort of soldiers and freedmen (former slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation).[16]In the final year of the war, the1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry (Colored)(composed primarily of escaped slaves from Arkansas and Missouri),[17]was the first African-American regiment in the civil war to go into combat. It was dispatched to guard Pine Bluff and was eventually mustered out there.[18]

Because of the Union forces, Pine Bluff attracted manyrefugeesandfreedmenafter theEmancipation Proclamationwas issued in early 1863. The Union forces set up a contraband camp there to house the runaway slaves and refugees behind Confederate lines.[19]After the war, freed slaves worked with theAmerican Missionary Associationto start schools for the education of blacks, who had been prohibited from learning to read and write by southern laws. Both adults and children eagerly started learning. By September 1872, ProfessorJoseph C. Corbinopened the Branch Normal School of the Arkansas Industrial University, ahistorically black college.Founded as Arkansas's first black public college, today it is theUniversity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Pine Bluff and the region suffered lasting effects from defeat, the aftermath of war, and the trauma of slavery and exploitation. Recovery was slow at first. Construction ofrailroadsimproved access to markets, and with increased production of cotton as moreplantationswere reactivated, the economy began to recover. The first railroad reached Pine Bluff in December 1873.[citation needed]This same year Pine Bluff's first utility was formed when Pine Bluff Gas Company began furnishingmanufactured gasfromcokefuel for lighting purposes. The state's economy remained highly dependent on cotton and agriculture, which suffered a decline through the 19th century.

As personal fortunes increased from the 1870s onward, community leaders constructed largeVictorian-style homes west of Main Street. Meanwhile, the Reconstruction era of the 1870s brought a stark mix of progress and challenge for African Americans. Most blacks joined the Republican Party, and several were elected in Pine Bluff to county offices and the state legislature for the first time in history. Several black-owned businesses were also opened, including banks, bars, barbershops, and other establishments. But in postwar violence in 1866, an altercation with whites ensued at a refugee camp, and 24 black men, women and children were found hanging from trees in one of the worst masslynchingsin U.S. history.[20]

Pine Bluff c. 1890

The rate of lynchings of black males was high across the South during this period of social tensions and white resistance to Reconstruction. Armistad Johnson was lynched in 1889,[21]and John Kelly and Gulbert Harris in 1892 in front of theJefferson CountyCourthouse, after a mob of hundreds rapidly escalated to thousands of whites vehemently demanding execution, despite Kelly's pleas of innocence and lack of trial. The angry mob eventually forced over his custody from an Officer adamantly attempting to deliver the suspect to the jail house, then the crowd watched enthusiastically as he was hung and riddled with bullets.[22]That same year the state adopted apoll taxamendment that disenfranchised many African-American and poor white voters. The Election Law of 1891 had already made voting more difficult and also caused voter rolls to decrease. With the Democratic Party consolidating its power in what became a one-party state,[23]the atmosphere was grim toward the end of the 19th century for many African Americans. Democrats imposed legal segregation and otherJim Crowlaws.

BishopHenry McNeal Turner's "Back to Africa" movement attracted numbers of local African-American residents who purchased tickets and/or sought information on emigration. Arkansas had 650 emigrants depart to the colony ofLiberiain West Africa, more than from any other state in the United States. The majority of these emigrants came from the black-majority Jefferson, St. Francis, Pulaski, Pope, and Conway counties.[24][25]

According to historian James Leslie, Pine Bluff entered its "Golden Era" in the 1880s.[26]Cotton production and river commerce helped the city draw industries, public institutions and residents to the area, making it by 1890 the state's third-largest city. The first telephone system was placed in service March 31, 1883.Wiley Jones,a freedman who achieved wealth by his own business, built the first mule-drawn, street-car line in October 1886.[27]The first light, power and water plant was completed in 1887; a more dependable light and water system was put in place in 1912. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, economic expansion was also fueled by the growinglumber industryin the region.

1900–1941: 1900 through the Great Depression[edit]

Situated on the Arkansas River, Pine Bluff depended on river traffic and trade. Community leaders were concerned that the main channel would leave the city. TheUnited States Army Corps of Engineersbuilt aleveeopposite Pine Bluff to try to keep the river flowing by the city.[28]

During a later flood, the main channel of the river moved away from the city, leaving a small oxbow lake (later expanded into Lake Pine Bluff).[citation needed]River traffic diminished, even as the river was a barrier separating one part of the county from the other. After many years of regional haggling, because the bond issue involved raised taxes, the county built the Free Bridge, which opened in 1914. For the first time, it united the county on a permanent basis.[citation needed]

African Americans in Pine Bluff were damaged by the state'sdisfranchisementin 1891–1892 and exclusion from the political system. But they continued to work for their rights; they joined activists in Little Rock and Hot Springs in a sustained boycott of streetcars, protesting passage in 1903 of the Segregated Streetcar Act, part of a series ofJim Crowlaws passed by the white-dominated legislature. They did not achieve change then.[29]

Development in the city's business district grew rapidly. The Masonic Lodge, built by and for the African-American chapter in the city, was the tallest building in Pine Bluff when completed in 1904.[30]The Hotel Pines, constructed in 1912, had an intricate marble interior and classical design, and was considered one of Arkansas' showcase hotels.[31]The 1,500-seatSaenger Theater,built in 1924, was one of the largest such facilities in the state; it operated the state's largest pipe organ.[32]WhenDollarway Roadwas completed in 1914, it was the longest continuous stretch of concrete road in the United States.[33]The first radio station (WOK) broadcast in Arkansas occurred in Pine Bluff on February 18, 1922.[34]

Two natural disasters had devastating effects on the area's economy. The first was theGreat Flood of 1927,a100-year flood.Due to levee breaks, most of northern and southeastern Jefferson County were flooded. The severe drought of 1930 caused another failure of crops, adding to the problems of economic conditions during theGreat Depression.Pine Bluff residents scrambled to survive. In 1930, two of the larger banks failed.

The state's highway construction program in the later 1920s and early 1930s, facilitating trade between Pine Bluff and other communities throughout southeast Arkansas, was critical to Jefferson County, too. After the inauguration of PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltin 1933, he launched many government programs to benefit local communities. Through theWorks Progress Administration(WPA) and public works funding, Pine Bluff built new schools and a football stadium, and developed Oakland Park as its first major recreation facility. To encourage diversification in agriculture, the county built astockyardin 1936 to serve as a sales outlet for farmers' livestock.[citation needed]

From 1936 to 1938, the WPA through theFederal Writers Projectinitiated a project to collect and publish oral histories of former slaves. Writers were sent throughout the South to interview former slaves, most of whom had been children before the Civil War.[35]When the project was complete, Arkansas residents had contributed more oral slave histories (approximately 780) than any other state, although Arkansas' slave population was less than those of neighboring Deep South states.[35]African-American residents of Pine Bluff/Jefferson County contributed more oral interviews of Arkansas-born slaves than any other city/county in the state.[36]The city served to compile a valuable storehouse of oralslave narrativematerial.

During the 1933 Mississippi River flood, country singerJohnny Cashevacuated to Pine Bluff.[37]

1941–1960: World War II and economic diversification[edit]

Mixed race line ofFreedom Trainvisitors waiting in line two hours before the exhibition opened, January 1948.

World War IIbrought profound changes to Pine Bluff and its agriculture, timber and railroad-oriented economy. The Army built Grider Field Airport which housed the Pine Bluff School of Aviation and furnished flight training for air cadets for theArmy Air Corps.At one time 275 aircraft were being used to train 758 pilots. Approximately 9,000 pilots had been trained by the time the school closed in October 1944.[38]

The Army broke ground for thePine Bluff Arsenalon December 2, 1941, on 15,000 acres (61 km2) bought north of the city. The arsenal and Grider Field changed Pine Bluff to a more diversified economy with a mixture of industry and agriculture. The addition of small companies to the industrial base helped the economy remain steady in the late 1940s.[citation needed]Defense spending in association with theKorean Warwas a stabilizing factor after 1950.

In 1957, Richard Anderson announced the construction of akraft papermill north of the city.[citation needed]International Paper Co. shortly afterward bought a plant site five miles east of Pine Bluff. Residential developments followed for expected workers. The next year young ministerMartin Luther King Jr.addressed students at the commencement program for Arkansas AM&N College (now theUniversity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff).[39]

1960–present: The modern era[edit]

The decade of the 1960s brought heightened activism in the civil rights movement: through boycotts and demonstrations, African Americans demanded an end to segregated public facilities and jobs.[40]Some whites responded with violence, attacking demonstrators, and bombing a black church in Pine Bluff in 1963.[41]Some civil rights demonstrators were shot.[42]Local leaders worked tirelessly, at times enlisting the support of national figures such asDick GregoryandStokely Carmichael,to help bring about change over the period.[43][44]Voter registration drives that enabled increased black political participation, selective buying campaigns, student protests, and a desire among white local business leaders to avoid damaging negative media portrayals in the national media led to reforms in public accommodations.

During the 1960s and 1970s, major construction projects in the region included private and public sponsors: Jefferson Hospital (now Jefferson Regional Medical Center), the dams of theMcClellan-Kerr Navigation Systemon the Arkansas River (which was diverted from the city to create Lake Langhofer), a Federal building, the Pine Bluff Convention Center complex including The Royal Arkansas Hotel & Suites, Pine Bluff Regional Park, two industrial parks and several large churches.

The 1980s and 1990s brought a number of significant construction projects. Benny Scallion Park was created, named for the alderman who brought aJapanese gardento the Pine Bluff Civic Center. The city has not maintained the garden, but a small plaque remains.[citation needed]In the late 1980s, The Pines, the first large, enclosed shopping center, was constructed on the east side of the city. The mall attracted increased shopping traffic from southeast Arkansas.[citation needed]

The most important construction project of the 1990s was completion of a southern bypass, designated part ofInterstate 530.In addition, a highway and bridge across Lock and Dam #4 were completed, providing another link between farm areas in northeastern Jefferson County and the transportation system radiating from Pine Bluff. Through a private matching grant, a multimillion-dollar Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas was completed downtown in 1994.[45]

In 2000, construction was completed on the 43,000-square-foot (4,000 m2) Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center.[46]Carl Redus became the first African American mayor in the city's history in 2005.[47]TheUniversity of Arkansas at Pine Bluffrecently opened a $3 million business incubator indowntownPine Bluff.[48]Also, a new $2 millionfarmers marketpavilion was opened in 2010 on Lake Pine Bluff in downtown Pine Bluff.[49]

Shirley Washington is the first female African American mayor. She was elected in 2016.[50]

Beginning around 2020, Utah based entrepreneur John Fenley, owner of the music streaming serviceMurfie,began buying properties in Pine Bluff for redevelopment.[51]

Geography[edit]

Bayou Bartholomew

Pine Bluff is on theArkansas River;the community was named for abluffalong that river. Both Lake Pine Bluff and Lake Langhofer are situated within the city limits, as these are bodies of water which are remnants of the historical Arkansas River channel. (The former is a man-made expansion of a natural oxbow; the latter was created by diking the old channel after a man-made diversion.) Consequently, theMississippi Alluvial Plain(or theArkansas Delta) runs well into the city withBayou Bartholomewpicking up the western border as a line of demarcation between theArkansas Deltaand theArkansas Timberlands.[citation needed]

A series of levees and dams surrounds the area to provide for flood control and protect from channel shift. One of the world's longest individual levees at 380 miles runs from Pine Bluff toVenice,Louisiana.[52]

Metropolitan statistical area[edit]

Main articles:Pine Bluff metropolitan areaandLittle Rock – North Little Rock – Pine Bluff combined statistical area

Pine Bluff is the largest city in a three-county MSA as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau includingJefferson,Cleveland,andLincolncounties. The Pine Bluff MSA population in 2000 was 107,341 people. The Pine Bluff MSA population in 2007 dropped to 101,484. Pine Bluff was the fastest-declining Arkansas MSA from 2000 to 2007. The Pine Bluff area is also a component of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area which had a population of 902,443 people in the 2014 U.S. census estimate.

Climate[edit]

According to theUnited States Census Bureau,the city has a total area of 46.8 square miles (121 km2), of which 45.6 square miles (118 km2) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) (2.65%) is water.

Climate data for Pine Bluff, Arkansas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1884–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 83
(28) 		91
(33) 		96
(36) 		94
(34) 		100
(38) 		107
(42) 		110
(43) 		112
(44) 		110
(43) 		100
(38) 		88
(31) 		84
(29) 		112
(44)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 72.4
(22.4) 		75.9
(24.4) 		82.3
(27.9) 		86.4
(30.2) 		91.0
(32.8) 		95.5
(35.3) 		98.8
(37.1) 		98.9
(37.2) 		95.7
(35.4) 		89.3
(31.8) 		79.7
(26.5) 		73.2
(22.9) 		100.4
(38.0)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 51.7
(10.9) 		56.1
(13.4) 		64.5
(18.1) 		73.8
(23.2) 		81.5
(27.5) 		88.5
(31.4) 		91.8
(33.2) 		91.4
(33.0) 		85.9
(29.9) 		75.5
(24.2) 		63.4
(17.4) 		54.5
(12.5) 		73.2
(22.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 42.5
(5.8) 		46.1
(7.8) 		54.1
(12.3) 		63.0
(17.2) 		71.5
(21.9) 		79.0
(26.1) 		82.4
(28.0) 		81.7
(27.6) 		75.5
(24.2) 		64.1
(17.8) 		52.9
(11.6) 		45.0
(7.2) 		63.2
(17.3)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 33.2
(0.7) 		36.0
(2.2) 		43.7
(6.5) 		52.1
(11.2) 		61.6
(16.4) 		69.6
(20.9) 		73.0
(22.8) 		71.9
(22.2) 		65.1
(18.4) 		52.7
(11.5) 		42.3
(5.7) 		35.5
(1.9) 		53.1
(11.7)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 18.5
(−7.5) 		23.1
(−4.9) 		28.0
(−2.2) 		37.4
(3.0) 		48.6
(9.2) 		60.6
(15.9) 		65.2
(18.4) 		63.5
(17.5) 		49.9
(9.9) 		36.5
(2.5) 		27.3
(−2.6) 		22.9
(−5.1) 		16.3
(−8.7)
Record low °F (°C) −6
(−21) 		−5
(−21) 		11
(−12) 		29
(−2) 		36
(2) 		41
(5) 		55
(13) 		52
(11) 		36
(2) 		25
(−4) 		14
(−10) 		1
(−17) 		−6
(−21)
Averageprecipitationinches (mm) 4.06
(103) 		4.38
(111) 		5.36
(136) 		5.65
(144) 		5.10
(130) 		3.48
(88) 		3.75
(95) 		3.60
(91) 		3.90
(99) 		4.51
(115) 		4.09
(104) 		5.70
(145) 		53.58
(1,361)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 1.1
(2.8) 		0.9
(2.3) 		0.3
(0.76) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.2
(0.51) 		2.5
(6.4)
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) 9.0 8.4 9.7 8.8 9.1 7.1 7.8 6.3 5.9 7.2 8.5 9.0 96.8
Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.5
Source:NOAA[53][54]
Climate data for Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Grider Field) (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 85
(29) 		84
(29) 		92
(33) 		95
(35) 		98
(37) 		104
(40) 		108
(42) 		110
(43) 		104
(40) 		97
(36) 		87
(31) 		81
(27) 		110
(43)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 72.4
(22.4) 		75.9
(24.4) 		82.3
(27.9) 		86.4
(30.2) 		91.0
(32.8) 		95.5
(35.3) 		98.8
(37.1) 		98.9
(37.2) 		95.7
(35.4) 		89.3
(31.8) 		79.7
(26.5) 		73.2
(22.9) 		100.4
(38.0)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 51.8
(11.0) 		56.1
(13.4) 		64.8
(18.2) 		73.8
(23.2) 		81.6
(27.6) 		88.9
(31.6) 		91.7
(33.2) 		91.3
(32.9) 		85.9
(29.9) 		75.3
(24.1) 		63.0
(17.2) 		54.0
(12.2) 		73.2
(22.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 42.8
(6.0) 		46.5
(8.1) 		54.6
(12.6) 		63.1
(17.3) 		71.6
(22.0) 		79.1
(26.2) 		81.9
(27.7) 		80.9
(27.2) 		74.7
(23.7) 		63.7
(17.6) 		52.5
(11.4) 		45.0
(7.2) 		63.0
(17.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 33.8
(1.0) 		37.0
(2.8) 		44.3
(6.8) 		52.5
(11.4) 		61.6
(16.4) 		69.3
(20.7) 		72.1
(22.3) 		70.6
(21.4) 		63.5
(17.5) 		52.0
(11.1) 		42.1
(5.6) 		36.0
(2.2) 		52.9
(11.6)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 18.5
(−7.5) 		23.1
(−4.9) 		28.0
(−2.2) 		37.4
(3.0) 		48.6
(9.2) 		60.6
(15.9) 		65.2
(18.4) 		63.5
(17.5) 		49.9
(9.9) 		36.5
(2.5) 		27.3
(−2.6) 		22.9
(−5.1) 		16.3
(−8.7)
Record low °F (°C) −2
(−19) 		−1
(−18) 		17
(−8) 		26
(−3) 		35
(2) 		49
(9) 		56
(13) 		52
(11) 		38
(3) 		28
(−2) 		16
(−9) 		−2
(−19) 		−2
(−19)
Averageprecipitationinches (mm) 3.82
(97) 		4.27
(108) 		5.29
(134) 		5.35
(136) 		4.80
(122) 		3.27
(83) 		3.69
(94) 		3.38
(86) 		3.09
(78) 		4.58
(116) 		3.97
(101) 		5.30
(135) 		50.81
(1,291)
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) 9.6 9.7 10.9 9.4 11.2 8.6 8.9 7.9 7.0 8.7 9.1 9.5 110.5
Source:NOAA[53][55]

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1850460—
18601,396203.5%
18702,08149.1%
18803,20353.9%
18909,952210.7%
190011,49615.5%
191015,10031.4%
192019,30027.8%
193020,8007.8%
194021,3002.4%
195037,20074.6%
196044,00018.3%
197057,40030.5%
198056,600−1.4%
199057,1000.9%
200055,085−3.5%
201049,083−10.9%
202041,253−16.0%
2023 (est.)39,123[56]−5.2%
sources:[57][58]

2020 census[edit]

Pine Bluff racial composition[59]
Race Num. Perc.
White(non-Hispanic) 7,284 18.30%
Black or African American(non-Hispanic) 31,744 76.90%
Native American 117 0.20%
Asian 314 0.80%
Pacific Islander 54 0.30%
Other/Mixed 982 2.20%
HispanicorLatino 758 1.30%

As of the2020 United States census,there were 41,253 people, and 16,086 households.[4]

2010 census[edit]

As of thecensus[60]of 2010, there were 49,083 people, 18,071 households, and 11,594 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,048.8 inhabitants per square mile (404.9/km2). There were 20,923 housing units at an average density of 447.1 units per square mile (172.6 units/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 75.6%BlackorAfrican American,21.8%White,0.2%Native American,0.63%Asian,0.01%Pacific Islander,0.68% fromother races,and 1.1% from two or more races. 1.5% of the population wereLatinoof any race.

There were 18,071 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.3% weremarried couplesliving together, 27.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,415, and the median income for a family was $39,993. Males had a median income of $38,333 versus $28,936 for females. Theper capita incomefor the city was $17,334. About 24.3% of families and 30.6% of the population were below thepoverty line,including 45.6% of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over.

Crime[edit]

Further information:List of cities by homicide rate

Pine Bluff had 23 homicides in 2021.[61]Pine Bluff had 23 murders in 2020 - a rate of 56.5 murders per 100,000 people. The national average was 6.5 murders per 100,000 people in 2020.[62]

Economy[edit]

Jefferson County is located in the heart of a rich agricultural area in the Arkansas River Basin.[63]The leading products includecotton,soybeans,cattle,rice,poultry,timberandcatfish.[citation needed]

Major area employers include Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Simmons First National Corp.,Tyson Foods,Evergreen Packaging, thePine Bluff Arsenaland theUnion Pacific Railroad.It is the large number of paper mills in the area that give Pine Bluff its, at times, distinctive odor, a feature known prominently among Arkansans.[64]

In 2009, Pine Bluff was included on theForbeslist of America's 10 most impoverished cities.[65]

Saracen Casino Resortin Pine Bluff was the first purpose-built casino in Arkansas. Completed in 2020 at a cost of $350 million, it will employ over 1,100 full-time staff.[66]

Arts and culture[edit]

See also:Culture of Arkansas

The Pine Bluff Convention Center is one of the state's largest meeting facilities. The Arts and Science Center features theatrical performances and workshops for children and adults. Pine Bluff did also boast the only Band Museum in the country but it has closed. Other areas of interest includedowntownmurals depicting the history of Pine Bluff, the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum, Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame and the Arkansas Railroad Museum.

TheKing Cotton Classic,which ran from 1982 to 1999, was one of the premierhigh school basketballtournaments in the country. It featured many futureNBAplayers, includingCorliss WilliamsonandJason Kidd.The King Cotton Holiday Classic returned to the Pine Bluff Convention Center on December 27, 2018, as part of Go Forward, headed by Sam Glover.

Government[edit]

South façade of theCourthouse

The City of Pine Bluff is governed by themayor–council governmentsystem, with the mayor, city attorney, city clerk and treasurer are all elected at large. The Pine Bluff City Council is the legislative body of the city. This group is constituted of eight members, with two members representing each of the city's four wards.[67]Each council member serves a four-year term, and elections are staggered every two years. Meetings of the city council are held in the Pine Bluff City Council Chambers on the first and third Monday of every month unless otherwise scheduled.[68]

The city also has ten commissions for citizens to serve upon, with approval required by both the mayor and city council. They are: Advertising and Promotion, Aviation, Civic Auditorium Complex, Civil Service, Historic District, Historical Railroad Preservation, Parks and Recreation, Pine Bluff / Jefferson County Port Authority, Planning and Wastewater Utility. The city also has four boards and one commission that fills their own vacancies: Arkansas River Regional Intermodal Facilities Board,Arts and Science Center for Southeast ArkansasBoard of Trustees, Cemetery Committee, Library Board and Taylor Field Operations Facilities Board.[citation needed]

As the county seat of Jefferson County, Pine Bluff also hosts all functions of county government at theJefferson County Courthousein downtown Pine Bluff.[citation needed]

Education[edit]

TheUniversity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff(UAPB) is the second oldest public educational institution in the state of Arkansas, and the oldest with a black heritage. It maintains one of the nation's few aquaculture research programs and the only one in the state of Arkansas.[69]It also houses the University Museum and Cultural Center dedicated to preserving the history of UAPB and theArkansas Delta.

The newly accreditedSoutheast Arkansas Collegefeatures technical career programs as well as a 2-year college curriculum.

Pine Bluff is served by three school districts:Pine Bluff School District,Watson Chapel School District,andWhite Hall School District,[70]as well as a number of charter schools and theRidgeway Christian Schoolalso serve the city.

The Main Library of thePine Bluff and Jefferson County Library Systemcontains an extensive genealogy collection, including the onlineobituary indexArchivedApril 2, 2015, at theWayback Machineof thePine Bluff Commercial,Arkansas census records, anddigital collections,which consists of many county and city records for much of southeast Arkansas. In addition to downtown Pine Bluff's Main Library, PBJCLS branch libraries can also be found in the city'sWatson Chapelarea, as well as inWhite Hall,Redfield,andAltheimer.

Colleges and universities[edit]

Public schools[edit]

Prior to integration, black students attended separate, segregated schools. These includedMerrill High School,Townsend Park High School,Coleman High School,and Southeast High School.[citation needed]

In December 2020 the Arkansas State Board of Education ruled that theDollarway School Districtshould merge into the Pine Bluff School District as of July 1, 2021. According to the consolidation plan, all schools of the two districts will continue to operate post-merger.[71]Accordingly, the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021–2022 school year, and all DSD territory went into the PBSD territory.[72]The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district.[73]Dollarway High Schoolclosed in 2023.[74]

Private schools[edit]

There are two private schools in Pine Bluff,Ridgway Christian School(K3–12th) and Maranatha Baptist Academy K3-12.

The city formerly hosted Catholic schools:

  • St. Joseph Catholic School– Grades 5–12, opened in 1993,[75]closed in 2013[76]
  • St. Peter's Catholic School– The first school in Arkansas for black children to be established,[77]was established in 1889 by St. Joseph Church Pastor Monsignor John Michael "J.M." Lucey as the Colored Industrial Institute and in 1897 became St. Peter Academy a.k.a. St. Peter High School. It closed in 1975, and reopened as an elementary school (Grades Preschool through 6) operated by theSchool Sisters of Notre Damein 1985. It closed permanently in 2012. It was the last Catholic school established for black students in the State of Arkansas.[78]
  • St. Raphael School – A majority black school, it closed in 1960[78]

Public libraries[edit]

ThePine Bluff and Jefferson County Library Systemmaintains its main library in the Civic Center in downtown. The city received its first library in 1913.[79]The library system also operates the Watson Chapel Dave Burdick Library in theWatson Chapelneighborhood.[80]

Infrastructure[edit]

Highways[edit]

Water[edit]

Located on the navigableArkansas River,with a slackwater harbor, Pine Bluff is accessible by water via the Port of Pine Bluff, the anchor of the city's Harbor Industrial District.

Air[edit]

Daily commercial air freight and passenger services, along with scheduled commuter flights, are available at theClinton National Airport(formerly Little Rock National Airport), Adams Field, (LIT), some 40 minutes driving time from Pine Bluff viaInterstate 530and interstate connectors.

Pine Bluff's municipalairport,Grider Field(PBF), is located four miles southeast of the city.[81]The airport serves as home base for corporate andgeneral aviationaircraft. Charter,air ambulanceandcargo airlineservices are also available.

Buses[edit]

Royal Coach Lines offers local access to intrastate, regional, and charter services.

The city-ownedPine Bluff Transitoperates six routes on a 12-hour/day, weekday basis, to various points including government, medical, educational and shopping centers.[82]Two of the buses have professional-quality murals advertising the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Railroad[edit]

Union Station,listed on the NRHP

Current freight rail service to and through Pine Bluff is provided by theUnion PacificRailroad.

Correctional facilities[edit]

In 1972, the City of Pine Bluff and the "Fifty for the Future," a business leader group, donated 80 acres (32 ha) of land to theArkansas Department of Correction(ADC). This parcel was developed as the Pine Bluff Complex.[83]

Since 1979 it has included the ADC state headquarters;[84][85][86]the administrative Annex East is on Harding Avenue south of city hall.[87]TheEster Unit(formerly the Diagnostic Unit),[88]the Pine Bluff Unit, and theRandall L. Williams Correctional Facilityare in the "Pine Bluff Complex,"[89][90]as are the headquarters of theArkansas Correctional Schoolsystem.[90][91]

The ADC Southeast Arkansas Community Corrections Center is in Pine Bluff.[92]

Utilities[edit]

Water[edit]

Liberty Utilities(formerly United Water), a subsidiary ofAlgonquin Power & Utilities,a privately held company, treatspotable waterand operates thewater distribution systemin Pine Bluff (includingWatson Chapel), as well as Hardin, Ladd, andWhite Hall.[93]This partnership began in 1942 between the City of Pine Bluff and Arkansas Municipal Water Company, which has been acquired and merged to become Liberty Utilities.[94]

Water is pumped from 12 wells that pump from the Sparta Sand Aquifer to three water treatment plants capable of producing 20,000,000 US gallons (76,000,000 L) per day (total). Each plant uses a process of pre-chlorination, aeration, filtration, and chlorine residual.Hydrofluosilic acidandzinc orthophosphateare also added in addition to chlorine. The water is then distributed to approximately serving over 18,000 customers via 388 miles (624 km) of water distribution mains.[95]A Source Water Vulnerability Assessment was conducted by the Arkansas Department of Health in 2013; it concluded that Pine Bluff's water supply is at medium susceptibility to contamination[96]

Wastewater[edit]

The Pine Bluff Wastewater Utility provides operation and maintenance of the city's municipally ownedsewagecollection and conveyance system. This system includes over 450 miles (720 km) of pipe and 52 lift stations to collect municipal and industrial wastewater and convey it to the Boyd Point Treatment Facility (BPTF). This facility treats and discharges treated effluent in accordance with a permit issued by theArkansas Department of Environmental Quality(ADEQ). The BPTF was most recently renovated in 2010 and is currently permitted to discharge a maximum daily flow of 30,000,000 US gallons (110,000,000 L).[97]

The utility has been awarded by theNational Association of Clean Water Agenciesfor its performance. In an Enforcement Compliance review completed in March 2014, it was noted that zero permit violations had occurred within the past three years.[98]

Parks and recreation[edit]

Townsend Park was built on a 100-acre (40 ha) plot of land meant for a park for black people. The land was donated by the president of theArkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal Collegeto the state government. It was named after Merrill High School principal William J. Townsend.[99]

Notable people[edit]

Sister city[edit]

See also[edit]

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