Lawrence County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 36.0%
(37.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.3 people | | Arkansas: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 64.4% | | Whole state: | 68.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.3% | | Whole state: | 3.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ravenden, AR
Ravenden 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 below 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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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Wood (12%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Lawrence County Arkansas:
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Religion statistics for Ravenden (based on Lawrence County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 60.76%
| Here |  | 60.8% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Churches of Christ | United Methodist Church | American Baptist Association | Baptist Missionary Association of America |
| Adherents | 38.1% | 13.3% | 11.0% | 10.8% | 10.1% |
| Congregations | 20.3% | 21.6% | 16.2% | 13.5% | 2.7% |
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| Name | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Assemblies of God | Pentecostal Church of God | Catholic Church | Other |
| Adherents | 9.2% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Congregations | 10.8% | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 2.7% |
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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: 8 | Lawrence County: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. | | Arkansas: | 2.02 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | Lawrence County: | 1.19 / 10,000 pop. | | Arkansas: | 0.59 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 9 | Lawrence County: | 5.35 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.94 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 7 | Here: | 4.16 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.66 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 10.5% | | Arkansas: | 9.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Lawrence County: | 29.6% | | Arkansas: | 29.1% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 14.7% | | 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 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $1,838 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,683 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $145 |
| Health |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $85 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $549 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $1,098 | $13,176 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $1,098 | $13,176 | 9 | $4,300 |
Ravenden government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $28,000 ($59.45)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $26,000 ($55.20)
Sewerage: $24,000 ($50.96)
Police Protection: $18,000 ($38.22)
Financial Administration: $11,000 ($23.35)
Solid Waste Management: $9,000 ($19.11)
- General - Interest on Debt: $4,000 ($8.49)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $26,000 ($55.20)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $28,000 ($59.45)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $66,000 ($140.13)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $58,000 ($123.14)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $24,000 ($50.96)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $8,000 ($16.99)
Water Utilities: $4,000 ($8.49)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $3,000 ($6.37)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $103,000 ($218.68)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $62,000 ($131.63)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $23,000 ($48.83)
General Support: $7,000 ($14.86)
- Tax - Public Utilities: $14,000 ($29.72)
Property: $3,000 ($6.37)
Total General Sales: $3,000 ($6.37)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $35,000 ($74.31)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $2,000 ($4.25)
6.23% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($22,396 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.23% | | 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:
7.45% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,548 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.45% | | 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 Ravenden:
- WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
- WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KGHT (880 AM; 50 kW; SHERIDAN, AR; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- KAAY (1090 AM; 50 kW; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
- KOTC (830 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KENNETT, MO; Owner: EAGLE BLUFF ENTERPRISES)
- KPOC (1420 AM; 1 kW; POCAHONTAS, AR; Owner: COMBINED MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- KRLW (1320 AM; 1 kW; WALNUT RIDGE, AR; Owner: COMBINED MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- KWOC (930 AM; 5 kW; POPLAR BLUFF, MO; Owner: ZIMMER RADIO OF MID-MISSOURI, INC)
- WJCE (680 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: ENTERCOM MEMPHIS LICENSE, LLC)
- KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
- KDFN (1500 AM; daytime; 3 kW; DONIPHAN, MO; Owner: EAGLE BLUFF ENTERPRISES)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ravenden:
- K211BX (90.1 FM; POCAHONTAS, AR; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KAMS (95.1 FM; MAMMOTH SPRING, AR; Owner: OZARK RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- KIYS (101.9 FM; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: ,CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KZLE (93.1 FM; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: WRD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.)
- KFCM (98.3 FM; CHEROKEE VILLAGE, AR; Owner: KFCM, INC.)
- KASU (91.9 FM; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KFIN (107.9 FM; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KJLV (105.3 FM; HOXIE, AR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- KZIG (89.9 FM; CAVE CITY, AR; Owner: CAVE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS)
- KPOC-FM (103.9 FM; POCAHONTAS, AR; Owner: COMBINED MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Ravenden:
- KAIT (Channel 8; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- KTEJ (Channel 19; JONESBORO, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
- K46EM (Channel 46; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- K22ES (Channel 22; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- K35EA (Channel 35; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- K57IP (Channel 57; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
Ravenden fatal accident list:
Feb 7, 2008 06:10 PM, Sr-90-08, Lat: 36.245797, Lon: -91.252956, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Apr 11, 2005 05:45 AM, Us-63-03, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 7, 2002 07:43 AM, Us-63-03, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Nov 18, 1996 09:10 AM, Us-63-03, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 25, 1987 03:00 PM, 63s3, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Aug 22, 1980 06:10 PM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 8 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Ravenden)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - STATION, B6 Big Lick 1.4 Mi W Of Little Joe Lake (Lat: 36.180056 Lon: -91.280111), Overall height: 94.2 m, Call Sign: WNEQ921
Assigned Frequencies: 2147.60 MHz Grant Date: 12/23/1998, Expiration Date: 02/03/2009, Cancellation Date: 06/24/2008
Registrant: Department Of Information Systems, #1 Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72203, Phone: (501) 683-1615, Fax: (501) 682-4310, Email:
- BIG LICK, 1.4 Mi W Of Little Joe Lake (Lat: 36.180056 Lon: -91.280083), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 94.1 m, Call Sign: WQBJ314
Assigned Frequencies: 6625.62 MHz Grant Date: 10/19/2004, Expiration Date: 10/19/2014, Certifier: Dale Saffold
Registrant: Department Of Information Systems, #1 Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72203, Phone: (501) 683-1339, Fax: (501) 682-4310, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6 - Call Sign: KA1UKR, Licensee ID: L00369686
Grant Date: 06/20/2001, Expiration Date: 09/17/2011
Registrant: Colin W Kirk, 1334 Lawrence 106, Ravenden, AR 72459-9402 - Call Sign: KA5GIS, Licensee ID: L00900187
Grant Date: 08/02/2004, Expiration Date: 10/25/2014, Certifier: Carol S Kirk
Registrant: Carol S Kirk, 1334 Lawrence 106, Ravenden, AR 72459-9402 - Call Sign: KC5FLY, Licensee ID: L00770839
Grant Date: 11/20/2003, Expiration Date: 02/15/2014, Certifier: James E Olson
Registrant: James E Olson, 1478 Olson Rd, Ravenden, AR 72459 - Call Sign: WB7OWM, Licensee ID: L01314109
Grant Date: 08/14/2007, Expiration Date: 10/14/2017, Certifier: Brian R Kirk
Registrant: Brian R Kirk, 1334 Lawrence 106, Ravenden, AR 72459 - Call Sign: KD5NRB, Licensee ID: L00336279
Grant Date: 03/15/2001, Expiration Date: 03/15/2011, Certifier: Thomas J Summer
Registrant: Thomas J Summer, 22392 Hwy 90 W, Ravenden, AR 72459 - Call Sign: KD5NRC, Licensee ID: L00336280
Grant Date: 03/15/2001, Expiration Date: 03/15/2011, Certifier: Linda R Summer
Registrant: Linda R Summer, 22392 Hwy 90 West, Ravenden, AR 72459
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: DOWNHAM BOB J SONERAI-I (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: Reciprocating
N-Number: 8500Y , Serial Number: 00168
Registrant (Individual): Gary W Sr Caldwell, 816 Lawrence Road 106, Ravenden, AR 72459
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Ravenden
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Ravenden, AR
| Most common first names in Ravenden, AR among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| William | 15 | 77.1 years |
| James | 14 | 73.4 years |
| George | 13 | 80.0 years |
| John | 9 | 83.4 years |
| Charles | 7 | 75.6 years |
| Jessie | 6 | 77.8 years |
| Clarence | 6 | 74.4 years |
| Mary | 5 | 80.8 years |
| Robert | 4 | 66.3 years |
| Pearl | 4 | 86.5 years |
| Most common last names in Ravenden, AR among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Brown | 11 | 78.0 years |
| Smith | 11 | 77.2 years |
| Lawrence | 9 | 68.3 years |
| James | 9 | 79.5 years |
| Wells | 8 | 76.5 years |
| Gray | 6 | 81.0 years |
| Davis | 6 | 73.2 years |
| Ingram | 6 | 78.5 years |
| Clements | 6 | 84.3 years |
| Price | 6 | 59.8 years |
- #14 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Machinery"
- #36 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries"
- #39 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Wood products"
- #44 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Nonmetallic mineral products"
- #45 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Art and design workers"
- #78 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Electrical equipment, appliances, and components"
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