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Notable locations in Blytheville: Cherrytree Plaza (A), Mississippi County Fairgrounds (B), Blytheville Fire Department Station 2 (C), Mississippi County Nursing Home (D), Ritz Civic Center (E), Mississippi County Courthouse (F), Blytheville Fire Department Station 1 (G), Blytheville Fire Department Station 3 (H), Blytheville Police Department (I), Blytheville City Hall (J), Blytheville Public Library (K), Blytheville C B Emergency Squad (L), Northeast Arkansas Ambulance Service (Advanced Life Support) (M), Medic One Ambulance Service (N), Fire Station Number 1 (O). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Blytheville Plaza Shopping Center (1), Colony Square Shopping Center (2), Day Shopping Center (3), Downtown Shopping Center (4), Town North Shopping Center (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Blytheville include: Aldersgate United Methodist Church (A), Blytheville First Assembly of God Church (B), Church of Christ (C), Church of God (D), Church of the Lord Jesus (E), Church of the Lord Jesus Christ (F), Eastside Church of Christ (G), Fairview Baptist Church (H), Faith Temple Church of God in Christ (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: North Sawba Cemetery (1), Sawyer Cemetery (2), Elmwood Cemetery (3), Memorial Park Cemetery (4), Maple Grove Cemetery (5), Spur Cemetery (6), Lane Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Blytheville include: Mahoney Park (1), Cypress Park (2), Walker Park (3), Little Park (4), Eaker Site (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: Green Dragon- The (Arcades & Amusements; 821 East Main Street) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
Hotels: Economy Inn (1003 South Division Street) (1), Comfort Inn Blytheville (1520 East Main Street) (2), Best Western Blytheville Inn (1101 Kari Street) (3), Days Inn (East Highway 18 & I 55) (4), Royal Inn (1214 South Division Street) (5), Best Budget Inn (357 South Division Street) (6), Holiday Inn of Blytheville (1121 West Main Street) (7), Hampton Inn (301 North Service Road) (8), Blytheville-Days Inn (PO Box 1342) (9). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Mississippi County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Blytheville and their reported violations in the past:
BLYTHEVILLE WATERWORKS (Population served: 18272, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2002, Contaminant: Coliform
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-05-1998), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-05-1998), St Public Notif received (OCT-26-1998)
NE MISSISSIPPI CO WATER ASSOC (Population served: 919, Purch_groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-09-2004), St Public Notif received (MAY-08-2005), St Compliance achieved (DEC-09-2005)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - In SEP-09-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-09-1994)
EAKER AFB (Population served: 450, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-04-1998), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-04-1998), St Public Notif received (SEP-28-1998)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Blytheville that have no violations reported:
- DOGWOOD WATER ASSOCIATION (Population served: 1513, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 27.4%
(8.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 40.5% for Black residents, 6.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 23.4% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.5 people | | Arkansas: |  2.4 people |
| This city: | 64.1% | | Whole state: | 68.2% |
| This city: | 5.0% | | Whole state: | 3.9% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Blytheville, AR
People in group quarters in Blytheville:
- 186 people in nursing homes
- 76 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Blytheville compared to Arkansas state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Blytheville (2011 data):
- Southern Bancorp Bank: East Branch, North Branch, South Branch, Walmart Branch, Blytheville Branch, Gosnell Branch. Info updated 2010/06/01: Bank assets: $1,146.8 mil, Deposits: $966.8 mil, headquarters in Arkadelphia, AR, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 40 total offices, Holding Company: Southern Bancorp, Inc
- Farmers Bank and Trust Company: Blytheville Branch, Northside Branch, Farmers Bank And Trust Company, Teller's Window Branch. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $401.8 mil, Deposits: $347.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: Farmers Bancorp Inc.
- SouthBank, a Federal Savings Bank: Blytheville Branch at 208 North Second Street, branch established on 1947/06/19. Info updated 2011/07/21: Bank assets: $242.2 mil, Deposits: $183.8 mil, headquarters in Huntsville, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 13 total offices
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Blytheville, Arkansas:
- Thrifty Inn, 201 N I-55 Service Rd, Blytheville, AR 72315
 , Phone: (870) 763-2300
- Best Western Inn, 3700 South Division, Blytheville, AR 72315 , Phone: (800) 528-1234
- Holiday Inn, 1121 E Main, Blytheville, AR 72315 , Phone: (870) 763-5800
- Hampton Inn, 301 N Access Rd, Blytheville, AR 72315 , Phone: (870) 763-5220
All 4 fire-safe hotels and motels in Blytheville, Arkansas
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Mississippi County Arkansas:
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Religion statistics for Blytheville (based on Mississippi County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 63.35%
| Here | | 63.3% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Baptist Missionary Association of America | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Churches of Christ |
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| Adherents | 66.7% | 8.7% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 3.6% |
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| Congregations | 37.7% | 9.8% | 5.7% | 7.4% | 13.9% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Pentecostal Church of God | Assemblies of God | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 4.6% |
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| Congregations | 1.6% | 4.1% | 6.6% | 1.6% | 11.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 14 | Mississippi County: | 3.00 / 10,000 pop. | | Arkansas: | 2.02 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.25 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Mississippi County: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. | | Arkansas: | 0.59 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 22 | Mississippi County: | 4.72 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.94 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 18 | Here: | 3.86 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.66 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 11.5% | | Arkansas: | 9.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Mississippi County: | 32.5% | | Arkansas: | 29.1% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 14.3% | | State: | 13.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
8 | $32,451 | $48,677 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
6 | $7,097 | $14,194 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
6 | $19,280 | $38,560 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
25 | $88,422 | $42,443 | 1 | $927 |
| Police - Other |
14 | $37,175 | $31,864 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
34 | $114,215 | $40,311 | 4 | $654 |
| Fire - Other |
1 | $1,451 | $17,412 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
10 | $31,415 | $37,698 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
15 | $38,758 | $31,006 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
12 | $31,356 | $31,356 | 1 | $792 |
| Water Supply |
20 | $51,230 | $30,738 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
15 | $62,510 | $50,008 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
3 | $7,399 | $29,596 | 11 | $4,679 |
| Other and Unallocable |
24 | $79,672 | $39,836 | 1 | $820 |
| Totals for Government |
193 | $602,431 | $37,457 | 18 | $7,872 |
Blytheville government finances in 2004:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $35,000 ($2.25)
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,112,000 ($71.41)
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $1,763,000 ($113.22)
Sewerage: $1,360,000 ($87.34)
All Other: $224,000 ($14.39)
- Construction - Air Transportation: $35,000 ($2.25)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $2,663,000 ($171.02)
Fire Protection: $1,598,000 ($102.63)
Solid Waste Management: $1,388,000 ($89.14)
Regular Highways: $1,338,000 ($85.93)
Sewerage: $1,289,000 ($82.78)
Parks & Recreation: $809,000 ($51.96)
Water Utilities: $752,000 ($48.29)
Central Staff Services: $665,000 ($42.71)
Financial Administration: $245,000 ($15.73)
Health Services - Other: $95,000 ($6.10)
Judicial and Legal Services: $68,000 ($4.37)
General Public Buildings: $68,000 ($4.37)
General - Other: $60,000 ($3.85)
Air Transportation: $33,000 ($2.12)
- Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $2,776,000 ($178.28)
Interest Revenue: $607,000 ($38.98)
Benefit Payments: $280,000 ($17.98)
From Local Government: $56,000 ($3.60)
From Other Government: $17,000 ($1.09)
Withdrawals: $12,000 ($0.77)
Local Employee Contribution: $8,000 ($0.51)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $40,000 ($2.57)
- General - Interest on Debt: $50,824,000 ($3264.02)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,660,000 ($106.61)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $712,240,000 ($45741.44)
Water Utilities: $4,725,000 ($303.45)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $16,115,000 ($1034.94)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $712,240,000 ($45741.44)
Other, NEC: $15,849,000 ($1017.85)
Water Utilities: $4,500,000 ($289.00)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $266,000 ($17.08)
Water Utilities: $225,000 ($14.45)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $49,936,000 ($3206.99)
General Revenue, NEC: $1,007,000 ($64.67)
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $50,000 ($3.21)
Regular Highways: $20,000 ($1.28)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,124,000 ($72.19)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $929,000 ($59.66)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $713,698,000 ($45835.08)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $726,000 ($46.63)
General Support: $497,000 ($31.92)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $4,510,000 ($289.64)
Public Utilities: $1,003,000 ($64.41)
Property: $544,000 ($34.94)
NEC: $182,000 ($11.69)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $6,089,000 ($391.05)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $283,000 ($18.17)
4.78% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,993 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.78% | | Arkansas average: | 7.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,248 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.19% | | Arkansas average: | 7.29% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Blytheville:
- KLCN (910 AM; 5 kW; BLYTHEVILLE, AR; Owner: SUDBURY SERVICES, INC.)
- KOTC (830 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KENNETT, MO; Owner: EAGLE BLUFF ENTERPRISES)
- WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
- WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
- WJCE (680 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: ENTERCOM MEMPHIS LICENSE, LLC)
- KWAM (990 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- KOSE (860 AM; 1 kW; WILSON, AR; Owner: NEWPORT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WHBQ (560 AM; 5 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WREC (600 AM; 5 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
Strongest FM radio stations in Blytheville:
- KAMJ (93.9 FM; GOSNELL, AR; Owner: PHOENIX BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- KHLS (96.3 FM; BLYTHEVILLE, AR; Owner: SUDBURY SERVICES, INC.)
- KBCM (88.3 FM; BLYTHEVILLE, AR; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WJZN (98.9 FM; MUNFORD, TN; Owner: MEMPHIS III LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KQDD (107.3 FM; OSCEOLA, AR; Owner: PHOENIX BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WYPL (89.3 FM; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: MEMPHIS/SHELBY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY & INFO CNTR.)
- WASL (100.1 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: DR PEPPER PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO.)
- WKNQ (90.7 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: MID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMS. FOUNDATION)
- KIYS (101.9 FM; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: ,CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W205BN (88.9 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- KCRV-FM (105.1 FM; CARUTHERSVILLE, MO; Owner: POLLACK BROADCASTING CO.)
- KAUF (89.9 FM; KENNETT, MO; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WAPO (90.5 FM; MOUNT VERNON, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WAUV (89.7 FM; RIPLEY, TN; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
TV broadcast stations around Blytheville:
- WMC-TV (Channel 5; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- KAIT (Channel 8; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- KVTJ (Channel 48; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: AGAPE CHURCH, INC.)
- WLMT (Channel 30; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WPTY-TV (Channel 24; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- K46EM (Channel 46; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WDYR-CA (Channel 33; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of Blytheville fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Blytheville
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Blytheville, AR
| Most common first names in Blytheville, AR among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| James | 277 | 70.8 years |
| Mary | 255 | 77.2 years |
| John | 229 | 71.9 years |
| William | 202 | 74.4 years |
| Willie | 143 | 73.0 years |
| Robert | 137 | 70.6 years |
| Charles | 110 | 71.1 years |
| George | 106 | 75.0 years |
| Annie | 71 | 80.5 years |
| Joe | 70 | 74.4 years |
| Most common last names in Blytheville, AR among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Williams | 137 | 75.3 years |
| Johnson | 121 | 74.3 years |
| Jones | 109 | 70.5 years |
| Davis | 105 | 72.8 years |
| Smith | 102 | 75.1 years |
| Moore | 76 | 73.9 years |
| Brown | 73 | 73.9 years |
| Wilson | 65 | 72.7 years |
| Thompson | 64 | 72.9 years |
| Jackson | 60 | 75.1 years |
| Businesses in Blytheville, AR |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| AT&T | 2 | | Lowe's | 1 |
| AutoZone | 1 | | McDonald's | 2 |
| Baskin-Robbins | 1 | | Nike | 1 |
| Best Western | 1 | | Payless | 1 |
| Burger King | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Comfort Inn | 1 | | Quality | 1 |
| DHL | 1 | | SAS Shoes | 1 |
| Days Inn | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 2 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | Sears | 1 |
| FedEx | 5 | | Subway | 2 |
| GameStop | 1 | | Super 8 | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | Taco Bell | 1 |
| Hardee's | 1 | | Travelodge | 1 |
| Holiday Inn | 1 | | U-Haul | 3 |
| JCPenney | 1 | | UPS | 4 |
| Jones New York | 1 | | Vans | 1 |
| KFC | 1 | | Verizon Wireless | 1 |
| Kroger | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
| Lane Furniture | 1 | | Wendy's | 1 |
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Blytheville on our top lists:
- #10 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Printing and related support activities (population 5,000+)"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (population 5,000+)"
- #25 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of burglaries in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"
- #28 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (population 5,000+)"
- #33 on the list of "Top 100 cities with declining populations from 2000 to 2008 (pop. 5,000+)"
- #34 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Metal and metal products"
- #39 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of rapes in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data (population 5,000+)"
- #41 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Machinery (population 5,000+)"
- #51 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most people below the poverty level, excluding cities with 15% or more of residents in college and with the median age below 28 (population 5,000+)"
- #67 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most people below 50% of the poverty level, excluding cities with 15% or more of residents in college and with the median age below 28 (population 5,000+)"
- #75 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of thefts in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data (population 5,000+)"
- #86 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest 2006 city-data.com crime index per resident, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"
- #101 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Black residents (pop 5,000+)"
- #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
- #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2004 Presidential Election"
- #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #78 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
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