Cleburne County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 23,078 91.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 747 3.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 73 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 50 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,032 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 103 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 133 0.5%

• Under 18 4,813 19.1%
• 18–24 1,597 6.3%
• 25–44 5,120 20.3%
• 45–64 6,786 26.9%
• 65 and over 6,910 27.4%

Median household income

$55,796

90% interval $50,484–$61,108

−$6,350 vs AR · 29th of 75

Below poverty line

13.4%

90% interval 10.5%–16.3%

−1.9 pp vs AR · 68th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.65 pp vs. state

County GDP

$844.1M

0.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,929

Establishments

650

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,546 23.5%
• Education & health services 1,401 21.3%
• Manufacturing 1,195 18.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 906 13.8%
• Professional & business services 434 6.6%
• Construction 353 5.4%
• Financial activities 262 4.0%
• Public administration 248 3.8%
• Other services 104 1.6%
• Natural resources & mining 73 1.1%
• Information 54 0.8%

Home ownership

80.6%

+14.2 pp vs AR · 6th of 75

Median gross rent

$859

−$88 vs AR · 15th of 75

Owner-occupied

8,480

Renter-occupied

2,042

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $60,727/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,489/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 10,595 83.2%
• Democratic 1,941 15.2%
• Other / third-party 203 1.6%

• Spanish 406 1.7%
• German or other West Germanic 88 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 44 0.2%
• Vietnamese 9 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%

Households

10,522

Family households

6,870

65.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,476

21.5% of families

Single-mother families

427

6.2% of families

Veterans

2,257

11.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 12,893 52.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,702 6.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 461 1.9%
• Catholic 383 1.5%
• Black Protestant 226 0.9%

Health insured

92.8%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

7.2%

±1.6 pp

53rd of 75

With a disability

22.4%

±2 pp

30th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

18.4%

±2.1 pp

−7.3 pp vs AR · 26th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.1%

90% interval 10.8%–13.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

16th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + criminal jurisdiction across five subject-matter divisions: civil, criminal, juvenile, probate, domestic relations); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 arcourts.gov; counts for small rural circuits are approximate (single-county or single-judge circuits typically carry 2-4 judges per Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-2402). Five circuits (8th, 9th, 11th, 18th, 19th) are administratively subdivided into East/West subdistricts for judge-residence purposes; the counts here combine both subdistricts.)

Court seats

Batesville, Heber Springs, Melbourne, Mountain View, Salem

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

39.19 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7