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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 46.91
The average living wage for the state of Arkansas is $30.85/hr, while the states minimum wage is $11/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Arkansas a minimum wage score of 71.73 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.63/hr, which gives Arkansas a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 1.92 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Arkansas is $220, resulting in a UI benefit score of 54.07 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 26.19

X Arkansas does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Arkansas does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Arkansas does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Arkansas does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Arkansas does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Arkansas does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Arkansas does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Arkansas does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Arkansas does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Arkansas does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Arkansas does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Arkansas does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Arkansas does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Arkansas does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 10

X Arkansas does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Arkansas does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Arkansas does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
X Arkansas does not require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Arkansas does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Arkansas does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Independence County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 75.05% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 77.52%
Democratic: 19.34%
Other: 1.97%
Libertarian: 1.01%
Green: 0.16%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 72527
Latitude : 35.729680
Longitude : -91.690389
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 293 ft.
Area Code(s) : 870

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.69
Male Population Estimate : 47.51%
Female Population Estimate : 52.49%
Median Age : 34.9
Male Median Age : 34.3
Female Median Age : 36.0

White Population Estimate : 97.60%
Black Population Estimate : 0.34%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 3.60%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.34%
Other Population Estimate : 2.23%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Desha specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Independence County: About 5 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Independence County: About 496 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Independence County is about 14% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 42% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.