Jerome is an unincorporated community and former town in Drew County, Arkansas, United States.

[4] During World War II, Jerome was home to a Japanese American internment camp, the Jerome War Relocation Center (1942–1944), designed by Edward F. Neild of Shreveport, Louisiana,[5] and later converted into a prison camp for captured German soldiers.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Jerome has a total area of 0.17 square miles (0.43 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the city was 76.09% White, 6.52% Black or African American, 17.39% from other races.

3.6% of the population (no families) were living below the poverty line, including no one under eighteen years old and no one over age 64.