Editing Cabot, Arkansas (section)

=== Bedroom community ===
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In 1972, the [[Little Rock School District]], slow to comply with the 1954 [[US Supreme Court]] case ''[[Brown v. Topeka Board of Education]]'', was forcibly ordered by federal courts to immediately [[school integration in the United States|desegregate]] the school district. As a result, tensions rose and during the 1980s and 1990s Little Rock school district teachers repeatedly went on strike.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} A "white exodus" occurred with many residents choosing to relocate to smaller communities around Little Rock, including Cabot, [[Benton, Arkansas|Benton]], [[Bryant, Arkansas|Bryant]], [[Conway, Arkansas|Conway]], and [[Maumelle, Arkansas|Maumelle]] instead of choosing to continue supporting full integration.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} Over time, new arrivals to the state chose to live in these towns (now veritable [[suburb]]s) because, by some educational indicators, the school districts were more successful.

Cabot received many of the families that were relocating during that time period. As a result, a [[bedroom community|"commuter culture"]] developed because many residents that had children in Cabot schools made the commute to Little Rock to work daily. 40% of military personnel working at the Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville live in Cabot because of the higher cost of living in Little Rock and Jacksonville.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nix |first=Ryan |date=December 4, 2019 |title=Cabot: 'Commuter Town' Bursting With Potential |url=https://armoneyandpolitics.com/cabot-commuter-town-bursting-with-potential/ |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=AMP |language=en-US}}</ref> This, coupled with the perceived higher quality of life and easily accessed work opportunity, has resulted in a "[[boomtown]]."<ref>Tucker, Tyler. “Cabot Regarded as State’s Only Boomtown.” Cabot-Star Herald. February 11, 2009, pp. 1A, 7A.</ref> As more people moved to Cabot to join the commuter culture, the tax base grew and, as a result, the Cabot School District steadily developed into one of the top-performing districts in the state.

Currently, the Cabot School District encompasses the north end of Lonoke County. The bulk of the county's population today can be found in approximately the same area, containing the county's most populous and second most populous cities — Cabot and Ward, respectively — in addition to Austin, which are among Arkansas' fastest growing communities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arkansas Population Growth Rate City Rank |url=http://www.usa.com/rank/arkansas-state--population-growth-rate--city-rank.htm |access-date=July 22, 2023 |website=www.usa.com}}</ref>