Siloam Springs, Arkansas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===2000 census=== At the 2000 census, there were 2,647 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,027.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,223 housing units at an average density of {{convert|400.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 85.22% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.49% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 4.29% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.83% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.08% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.67% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.42% from two or more races. 14.00% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. There were 3,894 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11. Income for a household in the city was $34,513, and the median income for a family was $41,153. Males had a median income of $27,339 versus $21,451 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,047. About 9.5% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over. {{As of|2009}}, there were 52 churches that called Siloam Springs home by address. There are reports that Siloam Springs has a record for most number churches per capita, and while the ratio is higher than average, it has never been verified through reliable documentation. (Despite the large number of churches, the town does contain a small atheist/non-religious community.) Major employers in Siloam Springs include [[Simmons Foods]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://katv.com/news/local/simmons-foods-facility-creating-new-jobs-in-siloam-springs|title=Simmons Foods facility creating new jobs in Siloam Springs|last=Wilson|first=Kristen|work=KATV|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Gates Corporation]], [[La-Z-Boy]], DaySpring (a subsidiary of [[Hallmark Cards]]), Cobb-Vantress, and [[John Brown University]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page