Craighead County, Arkansas (AR)

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• • 80,58798.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 13,86516.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,3466.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,3814.1%Two or more races
  • 1,3261.6%Asian alone
  • 2030.2%Some other race alone
  • 2020.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1810.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 36
• Burglaries: 155
• Thefts: 213
• Auto thefts: 26

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 44
• Burglaries: 125
• Thefts: 210
• Auto thefts: 41

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $994 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $740 (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: 89.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,893 (16.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,7892010 or later
• 1,1612000 to 2009
• 8101990 to 1999
• 2711980 to 1989
• 1311970 to 1979
• 125Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 31,097
• One, attached: 713
• Two: 2,336
• 3 or 4: 2,957
• 5 to 9: 1,406
• 10 to 19: 2,553
• 20 to 49: 826
• 50 or more: 342
• Mobile homes: 3,136
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 126

Housing units in Craighead County with a mortgage: 14,815 (308 second mortgage, 576 home equity loan, 73 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,096

Religion statistics for Craighead County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Craighead County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 02, 2003 to June 10, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1472: June 06, 2003, FEMA Id: 1472, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Arkansas Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: December 03, 2002 to December 04, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1450: January 06, 2003, FEMA Id: 1450, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• Arkansas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: December 15, 2001 to January 30, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1400: January 24, 2002, FEMA Id: 1400, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.47% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($41,701 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.75% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($24,586 average AGI)
2.73% relocated from other states ($17,115 average AGI)

Craighead County:	2.73%
Arkansas average:	2.88%

from Greene County, AR	0.75% ($37,073 average AGI)
from Poinsett County, AR	0.63% ($32,622)
from Mississippi County, AR	0.59% ($52,225)
from Pulaski County, AR	0.28% ($35,347)
from Lawrence County, AR	0.27% ($38,033)
from Shelby County, TN	0.26% ($62,865)
from St. Francis County, AR	0.23% ($25,000)

7.18% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($39,771 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.22% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($21,995 average AGI)
2.96% relocated to other states ($17,776 average AGI)

Craighead County:	2.96%
Arkansas average:	2.91%

to Greene County, AR	0.83% ($35,263 average AGI)
to Poinsett County, AR	0.55% ($33,952)
to Pulaski County, AR	0.39% ($42,316)
to Shelby County, TN	0.31% ($36,832)
to Mississippi County, AR	0.27% ($28,670)
to Lawrence County, AR	0.25% ($33,671)
to Washington County, AR	0.16% ($66,145)

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 2006: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 8.8

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:

• In family households: 83,231 (14,536 male householders, 12,560 female householders)

  20,241 spouses, 27,862 children (24,003 natural, 1,398 adopted, 2,461 stepchildren), 3,665 grandchildren, 1,102 brothers or sisters, 1,044 parents, 1,153 other relatives, 1,068 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 19,996 (7,292 male householders (4,648 living alone)), 7,727 female householders (6,374 living alone)), 4,977 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 3,888

Size of family households: 10,247 2-persons, 7,188 3-persons, 5,617 4-persons, 2,850 5-persons, 729 6-persons, 465 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,022 1-person, 3,224 2-persons, 375 3-persons, 398 4-persons.

16,467 married couples with children.
4,891 single-parent households (504 men, 4,387 women).

94.1% of residents of Craighead speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 20% speak English not 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
• 2,6862014 or later
• 3,5752010 to 2013
• 8,4612000 to 2009
• 11,7361990 to 1999
• 5,6891980 to 1989
• 5,3071970 to 1979
• 3,5271960 to 1969
• 2,0451950 to 1959
• 9561940 to 1949
• 1,5101939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Craighead County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 721 room
• 2002 rooms
• 253 rooms
• 1,8754 rooms
• 6,1805 rooms
• 5,8036 rooms
• 3,4517 rooms
• 2,5438 rooms
• 3,7629+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 5851 room
• 1,1012 rooms
• 2,5023 rooms
• 4,9684 rooms
• 3,9315 rooms
• 3,3176 rooms
• 9507 rooms
• 5468 rooms
• 3049+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Craighead County, Arkansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 101no bedroom
• 2501 bedroom
• 2,9682 bedrooms
• 14,1133 bedrooms
• 5,5384 bedrooms
• 9415+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Craighead County, Arkansas
• 585no bedroom
• 2,5661 bedroom
• 6,8172 bedrooms
• 7,7543 bedrooms
• 4824 bedrooms
• 05+ 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
• 351no vehicle
• 5,2381 vehicle
• 11,9962 vehicles
• 3,0333 vehicles
• 2,3084 vehicles
• 9855+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Craighead County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,526no vehicle
• 9,4961 vehicle
• 5,6312 vehicles
• 1,0893 vehicles
• 1964 vehicles
• 2665+ vehicles

76.5% of Craighead County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Arkansas.

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

• This state: 73,220
• Other state: 28,181
• Northeast: 1,912
• Midwest: 11,823
• South: 11,871
• West: 2,575

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+)"