 City administration is housed in the former Ward Elementary School; the campus is also the site of the city's library, a branch of the Lonoke-Prairie Regional Library System, also the site of the Ward Lions Club.As of the census of 2000, there were 2,580 people, 938 households, and 726 families residing in the city.The population density was 662.4 people per square mile (256.1/km²).