Mississippi County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,834 55.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,911 4.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,445 34.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 203 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,623 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 101 0.3%

• Under 18 10,126 25.9%
• 18–24 3,393 8.7%
• 25–44 9,961 25.5%
• 45–64 9,561 24.4%
• 65 and over 6,085 15.6%

Median household income

$52,924

90% interval $48,126–$57,722

−$9,222 vs AR · 44th of 75

Below poverty line

20.0%

90% interval 15.5%–24.5%

+4.7 pp vs AR · 24th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.6 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.2B

2.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$77,201

Establishments

1,058

• Manufacturing 6,706 33.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,190 16.1%
• Education & health services 2,598 13.1%
• Professional & business services 2,282 11.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,131 5.7%
• Public administration 725 3.7%
• Other services 501 2.5%
• Construction 41 0.2%
• Information 23 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 87.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

60.0%

−6.4 pp vs AR · 68th of 75

Median gross rent

$830

−$117 vs AR · 24th of 75

Owner-occupied

9,264

Renter-occupied

6,188

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $113,570/yr) pays 5.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,628/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 6,963 65.0%
• Democratic 3,574 33.3%
• Other / third-party 180 1.7%

• Spanish 1,368 3.8%
• German or other West Germanic 55 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 16 0.0%
• Tagalog 5 0.0%

Households

15,452

Family households

9,759

63.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,024

20.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,635

16.8% of families

Veterans

1,518

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 21,949 53.9%
• Black Protestant 5,478 13.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,488 3.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 643 1.6%
• Catholic 300 0.7%

Health insured

91.6%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

8.4%

±1.5 pp

36th of 75

With a disability

22.9%

±2 pp

27th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

13.7%

±1.9 pp

−12.0 pp vs AR · 62nd of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.4%

90% interval 8.3%–10.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

9 (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

Blytheville, Osceola, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Lake City, Marion, Paragould, Piggott, Corning

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

34.48 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9