Graduation rates are ahead of the state average. Support for education also comes from the adult community through passage of school levies for maintenance and capital improvements. Community capital investment through school bonds for buildings also reflects this support. Most local school districts have problems passing capital bonds, but succeed in passing maintenance levies. It illustrates a lower crime rate for all reported crimes than the state's average.
Voter participation is greater than for urban areas, which is typical of the American countryside.
The voting indicator was not displayed in this report because no significant change occurred between 1993 and 1997. Ours is a county dominated for many years by one political party, and at the county level significant numbers of elected officials run unopposed in the general elections. Library access is excellent within Pacific County. Half the residents are patrons of the multi-county regional library service. This is typical of rural areas.