Well, well, well... number two for the day, and probably not the last. This one, however, is probably a little more informative than Post the First. I found a great website that has all kinds of neat and interesting facts about various cities across the United States. First, I looked up my hometown of Hope, AR. Let's see what kind of interesting snippets we can find:
Hope 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.
* Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
* Number of college students below state average.
* Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
For population 25 years and over in Hope city
* High school or higher: 65.3%
* Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%
* Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
* Unemployed: 8.7%
* Mean travel time to work: 16.8 minutes
Crime in Hope (2001):
* 2 murders (18.8 per 100,000)
* 3 rapes (28.3 per 100,000)
* 8 robberies (75.4 per 100,000)
* 46 assaults (433.3 per 100,000)
* 132 burglaries (1243.4 per 100,000)
* 313 larceny counts (2948.4 per 100,000)
* 29 auto thefts (273.2 per 100,000)
* City-data.com crime index = 366.2 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Wow, that's just a little disturbing. Now let's check out Stillwater, OK.
Stillwater compared to Oklahoma state average:
* Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
* Median age significantly below state average.
* Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
* Renting percentage above state average.
* Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
* Number of college students significantly above state average.
* Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.
For population 25 years and over in Stillwater city
* High school or higher: 91.6%
* Bachelor's degree or higher: 48.0%
* Graduate or professional degree: 22.5%
* Unemployed: 5.4%
* Mean travel time to work: 13.9 minutes
Crime in Stillwater (2001):
* 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
* 11 rapes (28.2 per 100,000)
* 13 robberies (33.3 per 100,000)
* 61 assaults (156.2 per 100,000)
* 292 burglaries (747.5 per 100,000)
* 931 larceny counts (2383.2 per 100,000)
* 61 auto thefts (156.2 per 100,000)
* City-data.com crime index = 212.6 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
A rather odd assortment of facts, but there are more available from the website. Does anyone else find it kind of odd that they have "Black Race Population Percentage" in the quick facts section? You'd think the NAACP and/or Rainbow/PUSH, ACLU, DNC, and BYOCP would be all over that. Anyway, have fun looking stuff up... if you can stomach some of the data.
Jeff C.
