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Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 515 at the 2000 census. Dyess was founded in 1934. Johnny Cash's biography "Man in Black" describes Dyess as a planned community built as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal program, with streets laid out in a wheel pattern. According to Dyess History, the town, which is actually a colony, was a project called an Agricultural Cooperative Project. It was named after W.R. Dyess, who was the first Works Progress Administrator in the state of Arkansas. The town's administration had the main purpose of giving poor families a chance to start over with land they could work toward owning. The original township had 500 individually owned and operated farms which were each 20 or 40 acres each. The colony was made up of 15,144 acres. It is best known for being the boyhood home of singer and songwriter Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash grew up at 4791 West County Road 924, Dyess, AR. The house is now owned by William...more

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Among the most common occupations in Dyess are Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 31%. Service occupations, 16%. and Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations, 16%. Approximately 68 percent of workers in Dyess, Arkansas work for companies, 16 percent work for the government and 7 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Dyess Jobs are for sales representative jobs, network engineer jobs, store cashier jobs, assistant store manager jobs and senior security engineer jobs.

The leading industries in Dyess, Arkansas are Manufacturing, 30%; Educational, health and social services, 19%; and Retail trade, 10%. Simply Hired's Dyess job listings indicate that the following industries in Dyess are hiring the most workers: Food Service Contractors, Catering Services, Mail Order Retailing, Costume Jewelry Mfg and Toiletries Mfg.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Dyess, Arkansas is $20,364, and the median income of households in Dyess was $25,000.

Dyess has an unemployment rate of 9.3%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Dyess Trends data, the number of Dyess, Arkansas jobs has increased by 1206% since March 2008.

Population of Dyess Total population 515 Male 47.77% Female 52.23% Median age 29.2     Dyess Housing Owner-occupied homes 68.4% Median cost of a home $27,400 Median mortgage payment $192 Renter-occupied homes 31.6% Vacant housing 13.2% Median monthly rent $370     Average Income Median for all male full-time $22,500 Median for all female full-time $18,229     Household Income Less than $10,000 19% $10,000 to $14,999 8% $15,000 to $24,999 24% $25,000 to $34,999 19% $35,000 to $49,999 12% $50,000 to $74,999 13% $75,000 to $99,999 3% $100,000 to $149,999 3% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 24% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 28% High school graduate 31% Some college, no degree 7% Associate's degree 4% Bachelor's degree 4% Graduate degree 2%     Marital Status Never married 16% Currently married 64% Separated 6% Widowed 4% Divorced 10%     Race White 90% Black or African American 2% Asian 0% Other 7%     Dyess Commute Carpool 20.4% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 34 minutes

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