City Score: Pine Bluff, AR

Micro area. The Joy Project City Score for Pine Bluff, AR: the condition of its cities from public data and how the church is moving across them, with every source.

The score

Pine Bluff, AR scores 59 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score. Condition 59 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

The condition of Pine Bluff, AR

  • What Pine Bluff, AR is up against: 66 out of 100 — Better than 25% of cbsas, up 4 points
  • Where grace is growing: 89 out of 100 — Better than 98% of cbsas
  • Marriage & family: 17 out of 100 — Better than 8% of cbsas, up 4 points
  • Christian liberty: 94 out of 100 — Better than 99% of cbsas, up 7 points

What affected it

  • This quarter: Property crime up 19 percentile points (What Pine Bluff, AR is up against)
  • This quarter: Cohabiting households up 17 percentile points (Marriage & family)
  • This quarter: Religious Liberty in the States score up 10 percentile points (Christian liberty)

Sources

  1. Violent crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Arkansas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  2. Property crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Arkansas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  3. Sexually transmitted infections: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  4. Drug overdose deaths: CDC NCHS, provisional county drug overdose deaths (VSRR) · 2025 · Pine Bluff, AR (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  5. Adult entertainment outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  6. Gambling outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  7. Cannabis outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  8. Liquor outlets and bars: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  9. Predatory lenders: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  10. Abortion facilities (mapped): OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  11. Church adherents: 2020 U.S. Religion Census · 2020 · Pine Bluff, AR · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  12. Congregations: 2020 U.S. Religion Census · 2020 · Pine Bluff, AR · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  13. Charitable giving: IRS Statistics of Income, county data · 2023 · Pine Bluff, AR (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  14. Given to local needs in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · fetched Oct 28, 2026 · verified in Joy
  15. Needs met in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · fetched Oct 28, 2026 · verified in Joy
  16. Volunteers mobilized in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · fetched Oct 28, 2026 · verified in Joy
  17. New believers in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · fetched Oct 28, 2026 · verified in Joy
  18. Children with married parents: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Pine Bluff, AR (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  19. Adults 25-44 married: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Pine Bluff, AR (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  20. Cohabiting households: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Pine Bluff, AR (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  21. Divorces: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Arkansas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  22. Marriages: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Arkansas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  23. Births to unmarried mothers: CDC WONDER · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  24. Religious Liberty in the States score: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Arkansas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  25. Safeguards fully in law: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Arkansas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  26. State Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Arkansas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  27. Anti-Christian hate crimes: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Arkansas · fetched Oct 28, 2026

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Cite it as: Joy Project City Score v1.0, Pine Bluff, AR, 2026-Q4, staging.joyproject.com/metros/pine-bluff-ar. Methodology.

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