Fulton County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,353 92.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 238 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 42 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 29 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 592 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 39 0.3%

• Under 18 2,541 20.7%
• 18–24 715 5.8%
• 25–44 2,460 20.0%
• 45–64 3,386 27.5%
• 65 and over 3,200 26.0%

Median household income

$49,193

90% interval $43,625–$54,761

−$12,953 vs AR · 56th of 75

Below poverty line

16.3%

90% interval 12.5%–20.1%

+1.0 pp vs AR · 48th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+1.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$237.2M

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,945

Establishments

217

• Education & health services 833 46.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 302 16.8%
• Public administration 152 8.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 142 7.9%
• Manufacturing 115 6.4%
• Financial activities 93 5.2%
• Information 4 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 91.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.7%

+18.3 pp vs AR · 2nd of 75

Median gross rent

$626

−$321 vs AR · 65th of 75

Owner-occupied

4,029

Renter-occupied

728

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $58,369/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Information, $17,210/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,040 80.1%
• Democratic 906 18.0%
• Other / third-party 97 1.9%

• Spanish 51 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 28 0.2%
• Tagalog 4 0.0%

Households

4,757

Family households

2,913

61.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

621

21.3% of families

Single-mother families

228

7.8% of families

Veterans

876

9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,663 38.6%
• Mainline Protestant 466 3.9%

Health insured

93.4%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

6.6%

±1.8 pp

62nd of 75

With a disability

26.1%

±3 pp

6th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

16.0%

±3.5 pp

−9.7 pp vs AR · 45th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.5%

90% interval 10.1%–12.9% · 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

7

71.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6