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The Arkansas Equal Justice Watch: CRAWFORD COUNTY
Information is provided below about key population data and free civil legal aid service in your area. The Legal Aid Profile below states how many people in the county are living at or below the 125% Poverty Level and how many cases the free legal provider handled in the county in 2008. Additional information shows the critical need for legislative support of legal aid in this area.
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Legislator Information
Rep. Mark Martin email | profile
Rep. Beverly Pyle email | profile
Rep. Rick Green email | profile
Sen. Ruth Whitaker email | profile
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| POPULATION PROFILE: |
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LEGAL AID PROFILE: |
Population: |
53,200 |
Poverty Level Population: |
10,191 |
| Population without HS Diploma: |
9,628 |
Legal Aid Cases: |
138 |
Disabled Population: |
11,996 |
# of cases per 1,000 living in Poverty:
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14 |
Divorced Population: |
4,677 |
Foreclosures in 2008: |
266* |
Type of Cases:
- Family Law (87)
- Consumer (26)
- Income Maintenance (11)
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| Bankruptcies: |
1,093** |
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- *This is a 49% change from 2007.
- **1,093 (cases pending in October 2008 for the counties of Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott, Sebastian, Conway, Johnson, Pope, and Yell)
- 1/2 of all applicants had to be turned away from legal aid due to lack of funding.
- 1 in 5 residents of Crawford County qualify for free legal aid.
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