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Cairo's turbulent history of race relations is marked by the 1909 spectacle lynching of black resident William James. In 1900, Cairo had a population of nearly 13,000. Of that total, approximately 5,000 residents were African-American, or 38 percent. In 1900, this was an unusually high black population for a town of Cairo's size in the North.
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
Between 2010 and 2020, the population of Alexander County decreased to 5,240. The 36.4% decline was the largest of any of the 3,138 U.S. counties. [25] Although the population of the county had been decreasing for decades, the closure of the Tamms Correctional Center in 2013 probably caused an acceleration of the decline in the 2010s. [14]
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.15% of the population. There were 828 households, out of which 18.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 23.07% were married couples living together, 20.29% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 54.47% were non-families. 52.30% of all households were made up of individuals ...
Crime statistics refer to systematic, quantitative results about crime, as opposed to crime news or anecdotes. Notably, crime statistics can be the result of two rather different processes: scientific research, such as criminological studies, victimisation surveys; official figures, such as published by the police, prosecution, courts, and prisons.
Crime in Illinois (2019) [2] Violent Crime Property Crime Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Total 51,561 832 6,078 12,464 32,187 233,984 34,433 180,776 18,775 Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 406.9 6.6 48.0 98.4 254.0 1,846.5 271.7 1,426.6 148.2
Date Deaths Description Sources Shotgun Man: Chicago: 1910-1911: 15: Assassin and spree killer to whom murders of Italian immigrants were attributed: Maurice Enright: Chicago: 1920-02-02: 1: Irish-American gangster gunned down near his South Side home [48] Big Jim Colosimo: Chicago: 1920–05-11: 1: Mafia crime boss killed, allegedly by Al ...
Cairo's turbulent history of race relations is often traced back to the lynching of black resident William James. In 1900, Cairo had a population of nearly 13,000. Of that total, approximately 5,000 residents were African-American. In 1900, this was an unusually high black population for a town of Cairo's size, and five percent of all black ...