{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Deer, Arkansas | settlement_type = Census-designated place | nickname = | motto = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = <!-- Maps --> | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Arkansas#USA
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'''Deer''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. Deer is located on Arkansas Highway 16, {{convert|12.5|mi|km}} south of Jasper. Deer has a post office with ZIP code 72628.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=72628&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup]</ref>
It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 135.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deer CDP, Arkansas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0517860 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
== Education == Public education for elementary and secondary school students is provided by the Deer/Mount Judea School District, which includes: * Deer Elementary School * Deer High School * Deer Community College of Agricultural Science
On July 1, 2004, the Deer School District consolidated with the Mount Judea School District to form the Deer/Mount Judea School District.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls]." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.</ref>
==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 135 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{Cite web |title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html |publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}
===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Deer CDP, Arkansas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 2020<ref name="2020CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Deer CDP, Arkansas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US0517860&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |131 |97.04% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |2 |1.48% |- |Asian alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Some Other Race alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) |1 |0.74% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |1 |0.74% |- |'''Total''' |'''135''' |'''100.00%''' |}
==Climate== Due to its altitude, Deer is perhaps the only populated place in the central USA with a humid continental climate (Cfa) that borders on a temperate highland climate (Cfb), with average highs and lows comparable to parts of Western Oregon or Lyon, France. {{Weather box |location = Deer, Arkansas (Elevation 2,375ft) |single line = Y |Jan record high F = 69 |Feb record high F = 78 |Mar record high F = 83 |Apr record high F = 88 |May record high F = 85 |Jun record high F = 92 |Jul record high F = 102 |Aug record high F = 106 |Sep record high F = 97 |Oct record high F = 86 |Nov record high F = 79 |Dec record high F = 70 |year record high F = 106 |Jan high F = 41.3 |Feb high F = 46.2 |Mar high F = 55.5 |Apr high F = 64.6 |May high F = 70.7 |Jun high F = 78.4 |Jul high F = 83.1 |Aug high F = 83.2 |Sep high F = 75.6 |Oct high F = 65.3 |Nov high F = 54.5 |Dec high F = 44.3 |year high F = 63.6 |Jan low F = 23.1 |Feb low F = 27.0 |Mar low F = 35.2 |Apr low F = 44.5 |May low F = 53.6 |Jun low F = 62.3 |Jul low F = 66.9 |Aug low F = 66.1 |Sep low F = 58.4 |Oct low F = 47.3 |Nov low F = 36.8 |Dec low F = 26.6 |year low F = 45.7 |Jan record low F = −20 |Feb record low F = −10 |Mar record low F = 1 |Apr record low F = 16 |May record low F = 31 |Jun record low F = 44 |Jul record low F = 52 |Aug record low F = 45 |Sep record low F = 33 |Oct record low F = 15 |Nov record low F = 4 |Dec record low F = −13 |year record low F = −20 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 3.17 |Feb precipitation inch = 3.70 |Mar precipitation inch = 5.57 |Apr precipitation inch = 5.23 |May precipitation inch = 6.65 |Jun precipitation inch = 4.58 |Jul precipitation inch = 3.53 |Aug precipitation inch = 3.55 |Sep precipitation inch = 4.49 |Oct precipitation inch = 4.51 |Nov precipitation inch = 5.92 |Dec precipitation inch = 4.33 |year precipitation inch = 55.24 |Jan snow inch = 4.0 |Feb snow inch = 4.2 |Mar snow inch = 1.8 |Apr snow inch = 0.3 |May snow inch = 0 |Jun snow inch = 0 |Jul snow inch = 0 |Aug snow inch = 0 |Sep snow inch = 0 |Oct snow inch = 0 |Nov snow inch = 0.6 |Dec snow inch = 1.7 |year snow inch = 12.6 |source 1 = The Western Regional Climate Center<ref name="WRCC">{{Cite web |title=Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation Information |url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nv1900 |access-date=November 18, 2013 |publisher=Western Regional Climate Center}}</ref> |date=November 2013 }}
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==External links== * [http://www.newtoncountyar.com/ Newton County Historical Society]
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