| Region 02 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | |||||
| Demographic Data | ||||||||||||||||
| Economic Data | ||||||||||||||||
| Civilian Labor Force | 46,259 | -- | 45,654 | -- | 45,551 | -- | 46,337 | -- | 48,250 | -- | 48,825 | -- | ||||
| Population | ||||||||||||||||
| Children (under 18) | 22,995 | -- | 22,529 | -- | 22,214 | -- | 22,198 | -- | 22,239 | -- | 22,407 | -- | ||||
| Adolescents (10 - 17) | 11,041 | -- | 10,676 | -- | 10,506 | -- | 10,431 | -- | 10,406 | -- | 10,415 | -- | ||||
| Adults (18 and Older) | 82,626 | -- | 83,684 | -- | 84,338 | -- | 85,610 | -- | 87,021 | -- | 88,722 | -- | ||||
| Total Population | 105,621 | -- | 106,213 | -- | 106,552 | -- | 107,808 | -- | 109,260 | -- | 111,129 | -- | ||||
| Population under 21 | 26,492 | -- | 25,919 | -- | 25,684 | -- | 25,694 | -- | 25,649 | -- | 25,827 | -- | ||||
| School Enrollment | ||||||||||||||||
| Public School Enrollment: Total (including pre-K) | 16,053 | -- | 15,612 | -- | 15,589 | -- | 15,696 | -- | 16,293 | -- | 16,378 | -- | ||||
| Public School Enrollment: 7 - 12 | 15,545 | -- | 7,449 | -- | 15,368 | -- | 7,441 | -- | 7,645 | -- | 7,605 | -- | ||||
| Public School Enrollment: Elementary and Middle School | 10,325 | -- | 10,166 | -- | 10,166 | -- | 10,389 | -- | 10,632 | -- | 11,209 | -- | ||||
| Vital Statistics | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Births | 1,065 | -- | 1,065 | -- | 1,046 | -- | 1,108 | -- | 1,135 | -- | 1,194 | -- | ||||
| Community Domain | ||||||||||||||||
| Availability | ||||||||||||||||
| Beer Permits | 82 | 0.8 | 81 | 0.8 | 79 | 0.7 | 84 | 0.8 | 88 | 0.8 | 122 | 1.1 | ||||
| Private Club Permits | 31 | 0.3 | 28 | 0.3 | 29 | 0.3 | 31 | 0.3 | 30 | 0.3 | 33 | 0.3 | ||||
| Tobacco Sales to Minors (%) | -- | -- | -- | -- | 19 | 7.4 | 38 | 9.5 | 35 | 8.2 | 10 | 4.2 | ||||
| Tobacco Distributors | 219 | 2.1 | 235 | 2.2 | 203 | 1.9 | 196 | 1.8 | 193 | 1.8 | 204 | 1.8 | ||||
| Community Disorganization | ||||||||||||||||
| Residences Without Complete Kitchen or Plumbing (%) | 1,342 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Homicide Victims | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.1 | ||||
| State Correction Prisoners Received | 157 | 1.5 | 163 | 1.5 | 210 | 2.0 | 194 | 1.8 | 166 | 1.5 | 218 | 2.0 | ||||
| Total Crime Index Offenses | 1,656 | 15.7 | 1,344 | 12.7 | -- | -- | 2,020 | 18.7 | 2,216 | 20.3 | 2,490 | 22.4 | ||||
| Total Property Crime Offenses | 1,458 | 13.8 | 1,216 | 11.4 | -- | -- | 1,865 | 17.3 | 2,051 | 18.8 | 2,260 | 20.3 | ||||
| Total Violent Crime Offenses | 198 | 1.9 | 128 | 1.2 | -- | -- | 155 | 1.4 | 165 | 1.5 | 230 | 2.1 | ||||
| Adult Arrests for Drug/Narcotics (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 415 | 4.8 | 1,555 | 17.5 | ||||
| Adult Arrests for DUI (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 409 | 4.7 | 1,033 | 11.6 | ||||
| Adult Arrests for Drunkeness (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 145 | 1.7 | 1,103 | 12.4 | ||||
| Adult Arrests for Liq. Law Violations (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 224 | 2.6 | 440 | 5.0 | ||||
| Total Arrests for Drug/Narcotics (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 461 | 4.2 | 1,668 | 15.0 | ||||
| Total Arrests for DUI (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 421 | 3.9 | 1,052 | 9.5 | ||||
| Total Arrests for Drunkeness (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 162 | 1.5 | 1,138 | 10.2 | ||||
| Total Arrests for Liq. Law Violations (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 247 | 2.3 | 490 | 4.4 | ||||
| Extreme Economic Deprivation | ||||||||||||||||
| Unemployment | 1,919 | 4.1 | 2,612 | 5.7 | 2,720 | 6.0 | 2,666 | 5.8 | 2,299 | 4.8 | 2,550 | 5.2 | ||||
| Children Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunches | 7,683 | 478.6 | 7,431 | 476.0 | 7,587 | 486.7 | 15,390 | 980.5 | 8,814 | 541.0 | 8,811 | 538.0 | ||||
| Children Receiving TEA | 1,068 | 46.4 | 872 | 38.7 | 775 | 34.9 | 844 | 38.0 | 721 | 32.4 | 718 | 32.0 | ||||
| Children Receiving Food Stamps | 6,663 | 289.8 | 7,304 | 324.2 | 7,269 | 327.2 | 7,742 | 348.8 | 8,710 | 391.7 | 18,987 | 847.4 | ||||
| Low Birthweight Births | 69 | 64.8 | 89 | 83.6 | 78 | 74.6 | 84 | 75.8 | 84 | 74.0 | 83 | 69.5 | ||||
| Infant Mortality | 5 | 4.7 | 6 | 5.6 | 13 | 12.4 | 4 | 3.6 | 9 | 7.9 | 9 | 7.5 | ||||
| Transitions and Mobility | ||||||||||||||||
| New Home Construction | 393 | 3.7 | 167 | 1.6 | 188 | 1.8 | 229 | 2.1 | 265 | 2.4 | 240 | 2.2 | ||||
| Renter-Occupied Housing Units | 9,935 | 222.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Homeless Children Enrolled in Public School | -- | -- | 20 | 1.3 | 29 | 1.9 | 52 | 3.3 | 96 | 5.9 | 114 | 7.0 | ||||
| Net Migrants to Arkansas (%) | -- | -- | 736 | 0.7 | 726 | 0.7 | 1,697 | 1.6 | 1,769 | 1.6 | 2,178 | 2.0 | ||||
| School Domain | ||||||||||||||||
| Academic Failure | ||||||||||||||||
| Percent 4th Graders Below Grade Level in Math | 454 | 46.0 | 338 | 35.3 | 180 | 19.2 | 261 | 24.3 | 473 | 39.2 | 323 | 28.4 | ||||
| Percent 4th Graders Below Grade Level in Literacy | 438 | 44.4 | 282 | 29.5 | 221 | 23.4 | 255 | 23.6 | 480 | 39.8 | 312 | 27.5 | ||||
| High School Dropouts | 189 | 2.5 | 262 | 3.4 | 243 | 3.3 | 248 | 1.6 | 243 | 3.3 | 219 | 2.9 | ||||
| Status Dropouts | 1,635 | 22.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Lack of Commitment to School | ||||||||||||||||
| Dropouts for "Lack of Interest" | 34 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.1 | 33 | 0.4 | ||||
| Family Domain | ||||||||||||||||
| Family Conflict | ||||||||||||||||
| Victims of Child Maltreatment | 356 | 15.5 | 327 | 14.5 | 312 | 14.0 | 344 | 15.5 | 284 | 12.8 | 308 | 13.7 | ||||
| Children Living With Relatives Other Than Parents | 1,425 | 62.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Children Living With Nonrelatives | 431 | 18.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Children Living in Foster Care | 213 | 9.3 | 279 | 12.4 | 260 | 11.7 | 276 | 12.4 | 260 | 11.7 | 227 | 10.1 | ||||
| Divorces and Annulments | 1,442 | 13.7 | 752 | 7.1 | 664 | 6.2 | 718 | 6.7 | 631 | 5.8 | 598 | 5.4 | ||||
| Children in Single-parent Families | 4,747 | 206.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Family History of High Risk Behavior | ||||||||||||||||
| Adults in Alcohol/Drug Abuse Treatment | 469 | 5.7 | 547 | 6.5 | 600 | 7.1 | 493 | 5.8 | 506 | 5.8 | 638 | 7.2 | ||||
| Educational Attainment: Below 9th grade | 6,931 | 9.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Educational Attainment: 9th - 12th, No diploma | 11,263 | 15.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Educational Attainment: High School Graduate | 27,899 | 37.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Educational Attainment: Some College | 16,540 | 22.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Educational Attainment: College Graduate | 12,497 | 16.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Pregnant Women in Alcohol or Drug Treatment | 3 | 2.8 | 5 | 4.7 | 4 | 3.8 | -- | -- | 3 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.5 | ||||
| Births to Women with <12 Years of Education | 229 | 215.0 | 191 | 179.3 | 186 | 177.8 | 194 | 175.1 | 186 | 163.9 | 201 | 168.3 | ||||
| Births to Women Using Tobacco During Pregnancy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 244 | 220.2 | 273 | 240.5 | 315 | 263.8 | ||||
| Births to Women Using Alcohol During Pregnancy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | 9.0 | 7 | 6.2 | 14 | 11.7 | ||||
| Peer/Individual Domain | ||||||||||||||||
| Alienation, Rebelliousness… | ||||||||||||||||
| Adolescent Suicide (per 100k) | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 18.7 | 3 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 19.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Early Initiation of Problem Behavior | ||||||||||||||||
| Elementary/Middle School Alcohol Infractions | 8 | 0.8 | 23 | 2.3 | 18 | 1.8 | 7 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.3 | ||||
| Elementary/Middle School Drug Infractions | 14 | 1.4 | 59 | 5.8 | 36 | 3.5 | 15 | 1.4 | 21 | 2.0 | 22 | 2.0 | ||||
| Elementary/Middle School Tobacco Infractions | 264 | 25.6 | 314 | 30.9 | 351 | 34.5 | 61 | 5.9 | 87 | 8.2 | 44 | 3.9 | ||||
| Elementary/Middle School Assaults on Students or Staff | 230 | 22.3 | 78 | 7.7 | 95 | 9.3 | 73 | 7.0 | 54 | 5.1 | 48 | 4.3 | ||||
| Elementary/Middle School Weapons/Explosives Infractions | 14 | 1.4 | 18 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.7 | 21 | 2.0 | 17 | 1.6 | 13 | 1.2 | ||||
| Elementary/Middle School Vandalism | 178 | 17.2 | 127 | 12.5 | 138 | 13.6 | 49 | 4.7 | 156 | 14.7 | 86 | 7.7 | ||||
| Elementary/Middle School Gang Involvement | 21 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Peers Who Engage in Problem Behavior | ||||||||||||||||
| Juveniles in Alcohol/Drug Abuse Treatment | 41 | 1.8 | 32 | 1.4 | 23 | 1.0 | 26 | 1.2 | 26 | 1.2 | 36 | 1.6 | ||||
| Adolescent Pregnancy | 67 | 12.6 | 54 | 10.5 | 46 | 9.1 | 51 | 10.1 | 41 | 8.2 | 56 | 11.1 | ||||
| Births to Mothers Age 10-17 | 45 | 8.4 | 45 | 8.8 | 40 | 7.9 | 42 | 8.4 | 34 | 6.8 | 49 | 9.7 | ||||
| High School Alcohol Infractions | 6 | 1.0 | 12 | 2.2 | 13 | 2.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 15 | 2.7 | 7 | 1.4 | ||||
| High School Drug Infractions | 13 | 2.3 | 29 | 5.3 | 25 | 4.6 | 34 | 3.6 | 28 | 5.1 | 35 | 6.8 | ||||
| High School Tobacco Infractions | 201 | 35.1 | 244 | 44.8 | 259 | 47.8 | 347 | 36.8 | 231 | 42.2 | 214 | 41.9 | ||||
| High School Assaults on Other Students and Staff | 114 | 19.9 | 73 | 13.4 | 79 | 14.6 | 125 | 13.3 | 124 | 22.6 | 118 | 23.1 | ||||
| High School Weapons/Explosives Infractions | 10 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.8 | 7 | 1.3 | 18 | 1.9 | 11 | 2.0 | 18 | 3.5 | ||||
| High School Vandalism | 136 | 23.7 | 91 | 16.7 | 100 | 18.4 | 239 | 25.3 | 39 | 7.1 | 54 | 10.6 | ||||
| High School Gang Involvement | 13 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | -- | -- | ||||
| Students Leaving School for Incarceration | -- | -- | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Juv Arrests for Drug/Narcotics (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 44 | 4.2 | 113 | 10.8 | ||||
| Juv Arrests for DUI (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 1.1 | 19 | 1.8 | ||||
| Juv Arrests for Drunkeness (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15 | 1.4 | 35 | 3.4 | ||||
| Juv Arrests for Liq. Law Violations (NIBRS) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 22 | 2.1 | 50 | 4.8 | ||||
| Consequences | ||||||||||||||||
| Public Health/Safety Outcomes | ||||||||||||||||
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 93 | 0.9 | 108 | 1.0 | 116 | 1.1 | 126 | 1.2 | 140 | 1.3 | 119 | 1.1 | ||||
| New HIV Cases | -- | -- | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||
| New AIDS Cases | -- | -- | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Alcohol or Drug Related Traffic Injuries | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 147 | 1.4 | 220 | 2.0 | 205 | 1.8 | ||||
| Alcohol or Other Drug Related Traffic Fatalities | 16 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.1 | 37 | 0.3 | 11 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | ||||
| Alcohol or Other Drug Related Traffic Crashes | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 155 | 1.4 | 181 | 1.7 | 144 | 1.3 | ||||
| Crash Injuries and Deaths: Underage Drinking Drivers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 26 | 1.0 | 29 | 1.1 | ||||
| Traffic Crashes Involving Underage Drinking Drivers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 21 | 0.8 | 19 | 0.7 | ||||
| Lung Cancer Deaths (per 100k) | 110 | 104.1 | 120 | 113.0 | 121 | 113.6 | 109 | 101.1 | 136 | 124.5 | 102 | 91.8 | ||||
| Deaths from Alcoholic Liver Disease (per 100k) | 4 | 3.8 | 3 | 2.8 | 4 | 3.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 4 | 3.7 | 2 | 1.8 | ||||