Nevada County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,108 62.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 392 4.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,542 31.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 101 1.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%

• Under 18 1,807 22.1%
• 18–24 796 9.8%
• 25–44 1,485 18.2%
• 45–64 2,301 28.2%
• 65 and over 1,770 21.7%

Median household income

$64,143

90% interval $62,272–$66,014

+$1,997 vs AR · 8th of 75

Below poverty line

21.4%

90% interval 16.1%–26.7%

+6.1 pp vs AR · 13th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.0%

+1.76 pp vs. state

County GDP

$318.2M

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,560

Establishments

188

• Trade, transportation & utilities 484 24.6%
• Education & health services 401 20.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 97 4.9%
• Public administration 92 4.7%
• Professional & business services 66 3.4%
• Financial activities 63 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 40 2.0%
• Construction 22 1.1%
• Information 2 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 64.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.0%

+9.6 pp vs AR · 24th of 75

Median gross rent

$869

−$78 vs AR · 14th of 75

Owner-occupied

2,471

Renter-occupied

780

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 50% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $60,636/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,706/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 2,002 68.9%
• Democratic 849 29.2%
• Other / third-party 56 1.9%

• Spanish 138 1.8%

Households

3,251

Family households

2,068

63.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

288

13.9% of families

Single-mother families

293

14.2% of families

Veterans

562

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Black Protestant 2,878 34.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,999 24.1%
• Mainline Protestant 368 4.4%

Health insured

93.3%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

6.7%

±2.5 pp

61st of 75

With a disability

24.9%

±3.8 pp

12th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

13.8%

±3 pp

−11.9 pp vs AR · 61st of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.1%–9.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th 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

Hope, Lewisville, Prescott, Texarkana

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

62.97 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4