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  **OJJDP Coordinating                                                                                                                         
  Council Request,                                                                                                                             
  Non-Metropolitan                                                                                                                             
  County Risk Factor                                                                                                                           
  Ranking**                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                               

  **NON-METROPOLITAN                                                                                                                           
  COUNTIES**                                                                                                                                   

  ** **                ** **   ** **         ** **        ** **      Violent                                 ** **      ** **   ** **          ** **
                                                                     Crime                                                                     
                                                                     Index\*\*                                                                 
                                                                     Arrest Rate                                                               

  Overall                                    Total        UCR (%)    Adult Rate          Juvenile            \% under           Unemployment   
                                                                                         Rate                age 18 in          rate           
                                                                                                             poverty                           

  Rank\*               State   County        Population   Coverage   Value       Rank    Value       Rank    Value      Rank    Value          Rank

                               **United      ** **        ** **      **228.0**   ** **   **283.0**   ** **   **17.4**   ** **   **4.6**        ** **
                               States**                                                                                                        

  1                    LA      East Carroll  8,699        100        683.1       8       664.5       29      60.0       3       8.0            90
                               Parish                                                                                                          

  2                    NC      Scotland      37,094       99         600.9       18      696.0       22      35.9       104     9.0            56
                               County                                                                                                          

  3                    TX      Willacy       20,645       100        462.5       46      363.2       121     52.1       10      9.2            50
                               County                                                                                                          

  4                    SC      Barnwell      23,265       100        428.5       69      446.0       75      37.8       80      10.2           26
                               County                                                                                                          

  5                    SC      Bamberg       15,678       100        446.0       62      488.9       57      34.7       130     9.9            31
                               County                                                                                                          

  6                    SC      Dillon County 30,984       100        446.7       60      444.8       76      35.4       113     9.5            43

  7                    NC      Halifax       55,521       99         662.9       12      494.3       55      44.2       35      6.6            230
                               County                                                                                                          

  8                    TN      Lake County   7,406        100        341.6       111     683.8       25      42.2       44      7.0            175

  9                    NC      Richmond      46,555       100        567.1       24      471.1       62      33.7       163     7.7            112
                               County                                                                                                          

  10                   TX      Brooks County 7,731        100        561.3       27      563.4       43      49.3       18      6.3            285

                                                                                                                                                

                               **Group                               **174.0**   ** **   **171.1**   ** **   **22.9**   ** **   **5.2**        ** **
                               Average (N =                                                                                                    
                               1,360                                                                                                           
                               counties)**                                                                                                     
  -------------------- ------- ------------- ------------ ---------- ----------- ------- ----------- ------- ---------- ------- -------------- -------

\* The overall rank was determined by the sum of the individual county
ranks for each indicator. Each of the four indicators contributed
equally to the overall rank. The top ten non-metropolitan are presented.

\*\* Violent Crime Index (VCI) includes murder and nonnegligent
manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Adult
arrest rates are per 100,000 persons age 18 and over in the population.
Juvenile arrest rates are per 100,000 persons ages 10 through 17.

Caution: Data users are often cautioned against ranking of geographic
areas, because the results may be misleading (e.g. see the caution for
Crime in the United States 2006,
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/about/variables_affecting_crime.html).

Notes:

The data for this analysis was based on 3,139 matched counties from the
following sources: USDA ERS County Typology Codes (2004), UCR
county-level arrest estimates (2005), Small Area Poverty and Income
Estimates (2005), and BLS Unemployment Statistics (2006).

For quality control purposes, this analysis was limited to only
jurisdictions with UCR coverage indicators at or above 90%. This reduced
the sample to 2,142 counties (1,360 non-metropolitan and 782
metropolitan).

Metro and nonmetro areas are defined by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). In 2003, OMB defined metro areas as (1) central counties
with one or more urbanized areas, and (2) outlying counties that are
economically tied to the core counties as measured by work commuting.
For more information on county typology definitions, please visit:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/NewDefinitions/

Data Sources:

**Population data**: Puzzanchera, C., Finnegan, T. and Kang, W. (2007).
\"Easy Access to Juvenile Populations\" Online. Available:
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezapop/

**County-level arrest estimates**: Puzzanchera, C., Adams, B., Snyder,
H., and Kang, W. (2007). \"Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics
1994-2005\" Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezaucr/

**Poverty estimates**: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Estimates Branch,
Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates. \"2005 State and County Files\"
Online. Available:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/downloads/estmod05/est05ALL.xls

**Unemployment estimates**: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area
Unemployment Statistics Information and Analysis. \"Labor force data by
county, 2006 annual averages\" Online. Available:
http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm

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  **OJJDP                                                                                                                                   
  Coordinating                                                                                                                              
  Council Request,                                                                                                                          
  Metropolitan                                                                                                                              
  County Risk                                                                                                                               
  Factor Ranking**                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                            

  **METROPOLITAN                                                                                                                            
  COUNTIES**                                                                                                                                

  ** **            ** **   ** **          ** **        ** **      Violent                                 ** **      ** **   ** **          ** **
                                                                  Crime                                                                     
                                                                  Index\*\*                                                                 
                                                                  Arrest Rate                                                               

  Overall                                 Total        UCR (%)    Adult Rate          Juvenile            \% under           Unemployment   
                                                                                      Rate                age 18 in          rate           
                                                                                                          poverty                           

  Rank\*           State   County         Population   Coverage   Value       Rank    Value       Rank    Value      Rank    Value          Rank

                           **United       ** **        ** **      **228.0**   ** **   **283.0**   ** **   **17.4**   ** **   **4.6**        ** **
                           States**                                                                                                         

  1                MO      St. Louis city 347,181      100        1413.8      1       1119.4      7       38.6       7       6.8            48

  2                PA      Philadelphia   1,448,394    100        668.6       11      1136.4      5       35.4       15      6.3            69
                           County                                                                                                           

  3                SC      Darlington     67,551       100        547.0       26      916.0       14      29.2       46      7.7            23
                           County                                                                                                           

  4                CA      Tulare County  419,909      100        729.0       8       408.0       97      31.7       23      8.5            8

  5                AR      Crittenden     52,083       100        568.6       22      540.7       56      36.1       12      6.8            48
                           County                                                                                                           

  6                SC      Fairfield      23,810       99         649.7       13      530.4       61      27.7       61      8.8            5
                           County                                                                                                           

  7                NY      Bronx County   1,361,473    100        448.5       45      627.7       34      39.4       5       6.5            61

  8                VA      Petersburg     32,445       100        556.2       24      992.2       12      30.8       27      6.0            90
                           city                                                                                                             

  9                CA      Fresno County  891,756      100        737.7       6       357.4       133     30.0       36      8.0            15

  10               CA      Merced County  245,658      100        626.9       17      477.8       81      25.6       95      9.3            3

                                                                                                                                             

                           **Group                                **246.3**   ** **   **309.5**   ** **   **17.1**   ** **   **4.6**         
                           Average (N =                                                                                                     
                           782                                                                                                              
                           counties)**                                                                                                      
  ---------------- ------- -------------- ------------ ---------- ----------- ------- ----------- ------- ---------- ------- -------------- -------

\* The overall rank was determined by the sum of the individual county
ranks for each indicator. Each of the four indicators contributed
equally to the overall rank. The top ten metropolitan counties are
presented.

\*\* Violent Crime Index (VCI) includes murder and nonnegligent
manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Adult
arrest rates are per 100,000 persons age 18 and over in the population.
Juvenile arrest rates are per 100,000 persons ages 10 through 17.

Caution: Data users are often cautioned against ranking of geographic
areas, because the results may be misleading (e.g. see the caution for
Crime in the United States 2006,
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/about/variables_affecting_crime.html).

Notes:

The data for this analysis was based on 3,139 matched counties from the
following sources: USDA ERS County Typology Codes (2004), UCR
county-level arrest estimates (2005), Small Area Poverty and Income
Estimates (2005), and BLS Unemployment Statistics (2006).

For quality control purposes, this analysis was limited to only
jurisdictions with UCR coverage indicators at or above 90%. This reduced
the sample to 2,142 counties (1,360 non-metropolitan and 782
metropolitan).

Metro and nonmetro areas are defined by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). In 2003, OMB defined metro areas as (1) central counties
with one or more urbanized areas, and (2) outlying counties that are
economically tied to the core counties as measured by work commuting.
For more information on county typology definitions, please visit:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/NewDefinitions/

Data Sources:

**Population data**: Puzzanchera, C., Finnegan, T. and Kang, W. (2007).
\"Easy Access to Juvenile Populations\" Online. Available:
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezapop/

**County-level arrest estimates**: Puzzanchera, C., Adams, B., Snyder,
H., and Kang, W. (2007). \"Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics
1994-2005\" Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezaucr/

**Poverty estimates**: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Estimates Branch,
Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates. \"2005 State and County Files\"
Online. Available:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/downloads/estmod05/est05ALL.xls

**Unemployment estimates**: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area
Unemployment Statistics Information and Analysis. \"Labor force data by
county, 2006 annual averages\" Online. Available:
http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm

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  **OJJDP                                                                                                                                 
  Coordinating                                                                                                                            
  Council                                                                                                                                 
  Request, Large                                                                                                                          
  Central                                                                                                                                 
  Metropolitan                                                                                                                            
  County Risk                                                                                                                             
  Factor                                                                                                                                  
  Ranking**                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                          

  **LARGE                                                                                                                                 
  CENTRAL                                                                                                                                 
  METROPOLITAN                                                                                                                            
  COUNTIES**                                                                                                                              

  ** **          ** **   ** **          ** **        ** **      Violent                                 ** **      ** **   ** **          ** **
                                                                Crime                                                                     
                                                                Index\*\*                                                                 
                                                                Arrest Rate                                                               

  Overall                               Total        UCR (%)    Adult Rate          Juvenile            \% under           Unemployment   
                                                                                    Rate                age 18 in          rate           
                                                                                                        poverty                           

  Rank\*         State   County         Population   Coverage   Value       Rank    Value       Rank    Value      Rank    Value          Rank

                         **United       ** **        ** **      **228.0**   ** **   **283.0**   ** **   **17.4**   ** **   **4.6**        ** **
                         States**                                                                                                         

  1              MO      St. Louis city 347,181      100        1413.8      1       1119.4      3       38.6       2       6.8            2

  2              PA      Philadelphia   1,448,394    100        668.6       4       1136.4      2       35.4       3       6.3            5
                         County                                                                                                           

  3              NY      Bronx County   1,361,473    100        448.5       7       627.7       13      39.4       1       6.5            3

  4              NY      Kings County   2,508,820    100        428.9       9       717.5       11      30.9       4       5.3            13

  5              MD      Baltimore city 631,366      100        260.3       26      1091.7      4       30.9       4       6.4            4

  6              IN      Marion County  865,504      100        734.3       3       1053.2      6       21.7       22      4.9            18

  7              NY      New York       1,611,581    100        386.6       14      1270.7      1       29.9       6       4.2            34
                         County                                                                                                           

  8              NJ      Hudson County  601,146      100        295.8       22      800.5       9       24.5       14      5.5            12

  9              MI      Wayne County   1,971,853    99         297.1       21      340.0       28      29.0       8       8.4            1

  10             WI      Milwaukee      915,097      100        228.9       32      547.3       14      27.9       9       5.7            7
                         County                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                           

                         **Group                                **321.8**   ** **   **409.3**   ** **   **21.5**   ** **   **4.7**        ** **
                         Average (N =                                                                                                     
                         47 counties)**                                                                                                   
  -------------- ------- -------------- ------------ ---------- ----------- ------- ----------- ------- ---------- ------- -------------- -------

\* The overall rank was determined by the sum of the individual county
ranks for each indicator. Each of the four indicators contributed
equally to the overall rank. The top ten large central metropolitan
counties are presented.

\*\* Violent Crime Index (VCI) includes murder and nonnegligent
manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Adult
arrest rates are per 100,000 persons age 18 and over in the population.
Juvenile arrest rates are per 100,000 persons ages 10 through 17.

Caution: Data users are often cautioned against ranking of geographic
areas, because the results may be misleading (e.g. see the caution for
Crime in the United States 2006,
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/about/variables_affecting_crime.html).

Notes:

The data for this analysis was based on 3,139 matched counties from the
following sources: NCHS Urban-Rural Classification (2006), UCR
county-level arrest estimates (2005), Small Area Poverty and Income
Estimates (2005), and BLS Unemployment Statistics (2006).

For quality control purposes, this analysis was limited to only
jurisdictions with UCR coverage indicators at or above 90%. This reduced
the sample of "large central" metropolitan counties from 63 to 47.

The National Center for Health Statistics developed a 6-code
\"Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties\" in 2006. \"Large
Central Metro\" counties are counties in a metropolitan statistical area
of 1 million or more population:

1\) that contain the entire population of the largest principal city of
the metropolitan statistical area, or 2) whose entire population resides
in the largest principal city of the metropolitan statistical area, or
3) that contain at least 250,000 of the population of any principal city
in the metropolitan statistical area. For more information on county
typology definitions, please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/r&d/rdc_urbanrural.htm

Data Sources:

**Population data**: Puzzanchera, C., Finnegan, T. and Kang, W. (2007).
\"Easy Access to Juvenile Populations\" Online. Available:
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezapop/

**County-level arrest estimates**: Puzzanchera, C., Adams, B., Snyder,
H., and Kang, W. (2007). \"Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics
1994-2005\" Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezaucr/

**Poverty estimates**: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Estimates Branch,
Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates. \"2005 State and County Files\"
Online. Available:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/downloads/estmod05/est05ALL.xls

**Unemployment estimates**: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area
Unemployment Statistics Information and Analysis. \"Labor force data by
county, 2006 annual averages\" Online. Available:
http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm