Hope, Arkansas

Hope, Arkansas
City
Downtown Hope
Seal
Motto(s):  "A Slice of the Good Life" "I still believe in a place called Hope"
Location of Hope in Hempstead County, Arkansas
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Coordinates: 33°40′4″N 93°35′24″W / 33.66778°N 93.59000°W / 33.66778; -93.59000
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Hempstead
Founded	1875
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• Mayor	Don Still
• City manager	J.R. "Bobby" Wilson
Area [1]
• City	10.76 sq mi (27.87 km2)
• Land	10.68 sq mi (27.67 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.20 km2)
Elevation [2]	354 ft (108 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	8,952
• Density	837.97/sq mi (323.55/km2)
• Metro	30,591
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	71801-71802
Area code	870
FIPS code	05-33190
GNIS feature ID	0057940[2]
Website	www.hopearkansas.net

Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County^[3] 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,^[4] and in 2019 the population was estimated at 9,599.^[5]

Hope is the birthplace of three Arkansas governors: Bill Clinton (who was 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).