Hope
Also known as Hope, Arkansas, Hope, AR
city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Hempstead
- Type
- Council-Manager
- City
- 10.76 sq mi (27.87 km )
- Land
- 10.68 sq mi (27.67 km )
- Water
- 0.077 sq mi (0.20 km )
- Elevation
- 351 ft (107 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 8,445
- Density
- 838.0/sq mi (323.55/km )
- Metro
- 30,591
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
Article
Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,095, and for the 2020 census, the population was 8,952.
Hope is the birthplace of three Arkansas governors: Bill Clinton (also President of the United States from 1993 to 2001), Mike Huckabee (who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016), and Sarah Huckabee Sanders (the incumbent governor and daughter of Mike Huckabee).