Craighead County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 81,60472.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 16,61614.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,5215.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 6,0275.3%Two or more races
  • 1,7821.6%Asian alone
  • 2590.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1630.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 450.04%Some other race alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 14
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 34
• Burglaries: 105
• Thefts: 167
• Auto thefts: 42

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 9
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 43
• Burglaries: 125
• Thefts: 143
• Auto thefts: 37

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,186 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,047 (0.6%)

Area name: Jonesboro, AR HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Craighead County is $428 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $490 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $677 a month.

Cities in this county include: Jonesboro, Lake City, Bay, Bono, Caraway, Brookland, Monette, Cash, Black Oak, Egypt.

Neighboring counties: Decatur County, Tennessee , Hamblen County, Tennessee , Payne County, Oklahoma , Monroe County, Tennessee , Warren County, Tennessee , Hutchinson County, Texas .

Current college students: 6,945
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,957 (40.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,0352010 or later
• 1,5052000 to 2009
• 8771990 to 1999
• 2711980 to 1989
• 1311970 to 1979
• 125Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 33,067
• One, attached: 569
• Two: 3,926
• 3 or 4: 2,745
• 5 to 9: 2,604
• 10 to 19: 1,419
• 20 to 49: 1,514
• 50 or more: 642
• Mobile homes: 2,314
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 135

Housing units in Craighead County with a mortgage: 16,007 (1,189 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 934 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 129

Religion statistics for Craighead County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Craighead County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: March 28, 2020, FEMA Id: 4544, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• Arkansas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4518, Natural disaster type: Other
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 26, 2017 - May 19, 2017, FEMA Id: 4318, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 14, 2011 to June 03, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1975: May 02, 2011, FEMA Id: 1975, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: December 23, 2009 to January 02, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1872: February 04, 2010, FEMA Id: 1872, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1819: February 06, 2009, FEMA Id: 1819, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3301: January 28, 2009, FEMA Id: 3301, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Arkansas Tropical Storm Ike, Incident Period: September 13, 2008 to September 23, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1804: October 22, 2008, FEMA Id: 1804, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: March 18, 2008 to April 28, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1751: March 26, 2008, FEMA Id: 1751, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3215: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3215, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.59% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($44,336 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.66% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($25,341 average AGI)
2.93% relocated from other states ($18,995 average AGI)

Craighead County:	2.93%
Arkansas average:	3.41%

from Greene County, AR	0.75% ($45,184 average AGI)
from Poinsett County, AR	0.62% ($44,562)
from Mississippi County, AR	0.51% ($48,361)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.27% ($46,310)
from Shelby County, TN	0.25% ($40,168)
from Lawrence County, AR	0.21% ($53,051)
from Crittenden County, AR	0.20% ($32,364)

7.58% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($44,445 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.58% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($24,846 average AGI)
3.01% relocated to other states ($19,599 average AGI)

Craighead County:	3.01%
Arkansas average:	2.79%

to Greene County, AR	0.83% ($38,825 average AGI)
to Poinsett County, AR	0.56% ($37,737)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.37% ($55,614)
to Mississippi County, AR	0.30% ($39,239)
to Lawrence County, AR	0.25% ($36,968)
to Shelby County, TN	0.24% ($48,222)
to Crittenden County, AR	0.18% ($30,970)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Craighead County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 21,571 (5,209 living alone), Female householders: 22,957 (5,954 living alone)

• 21,635 spouses (21,510 opposite-sex spouses), 3,275 unmarried partners, (3,141 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 32,278 children (28,047 natural, 1,373 adopted, 2,858 stepchildren), 2,638 grandchildren, 993 brothers or sisters, 645 parents, 108 foster children, 899 other relatives, 2,651 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,367

Size of family households: 13,946 2-persons, 5,313 3-persons, 6,778 4-persons, 2,197 5-persons, 1,650 6-persons, 375 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,163 1-person, 2,546 2-persons, 560 3-persons.

16,675 married couples with children.
9,123 single-parent households (973 men, 8,150 women).

93.4% of residents of Craighead speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $438,472,000 ($5,087 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $13,525,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $191,274,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $93,448,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $30,511,000
Federal grants: $91,379,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,016,000 ($330,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $26,844,000 ($3,146,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $834,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $60,979,000
Federal Government insurance: $156,524,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 13.76 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 9822020 or later
• 11,2572010 to 2019
• 7,1142000 to 2009
• 6,2481990 to 1999
• 6,5391980 to 1989
• 9,3171970 to 1979
• 2,7781960 to 1969
• 2,0581950 to 1959
• 1,1331940 to 1949
• 1,5091939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Craighead County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 2291 room
• 842 rooms
• 3663 rooms
• 1,9994 rooms
• 4,5815 rooms
• 5,8516 rooms
• 5,2667 rooms
• 3,6068 rooms
• 5,6979+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 1,2821 room
• 1,0742 rooms
• 3,3223 rooms
• 5,0964 rooms
• 2,4025 rooms
• 1,2666 rooms
• 1,5907 rooms
• 2508 rooms
• 5679+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Craighead County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 229no bedroom
• 841 bedroom
• 1,7592 bedrooms
• 16,8303 bedrooms
• 6,0464 bedrooms
• 2,7315+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 1,282no bedroom
• 2,2401 bedroom
• 7,6692 bedrooms
• 5,1973 bedrooms
• 3554 bedrooms
• 1065+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Craighead County, Arkansas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Craighead County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 428no vehicle
• 5,1961 vehicle
• 13,2222 vehicles
• 5,3423 vehicles
• 2,2864 vehicles
• 1,2055+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Craighead County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,898no vehicle
• 7,5021 vehicle
• 5,0402 vehicles
• 1,1053 vehicles
• 1314 vehicles
• 1735+ vehicles

80.2% of Craighead County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Arkansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 79,458
• Other state: 29,252
• Northeast: 834
• Midwest: 8,313
• South: 17,585
• West: 2,520

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,028
• Number of aged recipients: 242
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,786
• Number of recipients under 18: 753
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,825
• Number of recipients older than 64: 450
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,130
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,364

Craighead County on our top lists:

• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"