Marion County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,739 91.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 470 2.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 15 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 144 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 627 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 197 1.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 14 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%

• Under 18 3,197 18.6%
• 18–24 906 5.3%
• 25–44 3,271 19.0%
• 45–64 4,861 28.2%
• 65 and over 4,993 29.0%

Median household income

$48,458

90% interval $43,383–$53,533

−$13,688 vs AR · 62nd of 75

Below poverty line

16.4%

90% interval 12.8%–20.0%

+1.1 pp vs AR · 47th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.2%

+1.93 pp vs. state

County GDP

$773.6M

0.41% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,450

Establishments

318

• Manufacturing 1,031 33.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 626 20.3%
• Education & health services 549 17.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 226 7.3%
• Financial activities 168 5.5%
• Public administration 162 5.3%
• Professional & business services 91 3.0%
• Construction 27 0.9%
• Information 4 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 93.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.3%

+14.9 pp vs AR · 4th of 75

Median gross rent

$795

−$152 vs AR · 27th of 75

Owner-occupied

6,234

Renter-occupied

1,430

• 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.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.4× the lowest ($49,907 vs $20,864/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 6,230 79.4%
• Democratic 1,501 19.1%
• Other / third-party 120 1.5%

• Spanish 144 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 42 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 34 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 33 0.2%
• Korean 1 0.0%

Households

7,664

Family households

4,969

64.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,006

20.2% of families

Single-mother families

196

3.9% of families

Veterans

1,634

11.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,405 26.2%
• Mainline Protestant 664 3.9%
• Catholic 330 2.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 194 1.2%
• Black Protestant 50 0.3%

Health insured

93.3%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

6.7%

±1.6 pp

60th of 75

With a disability

24.9%

±2.2 pp

11th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

14.9%

±2.3 pp

−10.8 pp vs AR · 54th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.6%

90% interval 11.1%–14.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

14th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (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

Harrison, Jasper, Mountain Home, Yellville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

28.51 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4