Arma, Kansas
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Arma is a city in Crawford County
Crawford County, Kansas
Crawford County is a county located in southeastern Kansas in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 39,134. Its county seat is Girard, and its most populous city is Pittsburg. The county was named in honor of Samuel J. Crawford, Governor of Kansas...

, Kansas
Kansas
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 1,481 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Arma is located at 37°32′37"N 94°42′2"W (37.543679, -94.700472).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 1 square miles (2.6 km²), of which, 1 square miles (2.6 km²) of it is land and 0.95% is water.

It is located about 6 minutes' drive north of Frontenac
Frontenac, Kansas
Frontenac is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. The population was 3,437 at the 2010 census.-History:Frontenac was established as a coal mining town in 1886 in the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Fields. In 1888, Frontenac had the worst mining disaster in Kansas history, when an explosion...

, and about 8 minutes' drive east of Girard
Girard, Kansas
Girard is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,789.- History :...

.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census
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 of 2010, there were 1,481 people and 659 households residing in the city. The population density
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 was 1,467.5mi2 people per square mile (566.6/km2). There were 736 housing units in 2010. The racial makeup of the city was 97.0% White, 0.1% African American, 1.4% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 0.5% from other races
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, and 1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.7% of the population.

2000 census

There were 669 households out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples
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 living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.4% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 88.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,658, and the median income for a family was $36,648. Males had a median income of $27,337 versus $19,821 for females. The per capita income
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 for the city was $15,636. About 8.4% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over.
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