Pope County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 51,674 80.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,074 11.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,389 2.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 495 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,144 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 139 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 41 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 175 0.3%

• Under 18 14,816 23.1%
• 18–24 7,396 11.5%
• 25–44 16,236 25.3%
• 45–64 15,109 23.6%
• 65 and over 10,574 16.5%

Median household income

$61,509

90% interval $56,605–$66,413

−$637 vs AR · 14th of 75

Below poverty line

16.9%

90% interval 14.7%–19.1%

+1.6 pp vs AR · 43rd of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.7 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.2B

2.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,790

Establishments

1,788

• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,984 22.3%
• Education & health services 5,920 22.1%
• Manufacturing 4,933 18.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,241 12.1%
• Professional & business services 2,072 7.7%
• Construction 1,634 6.1%
• Financial activities 793 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 742 2.8%
• Other services 668 2.5%
• Public administration 606 2.3%
• Information 243 0.9%

Home ownership

70.4%

+4.0 pp vs AR · 44th of 75

Median gross rent

$859

−$88 vs AR · 16th of 75

Owner-occupied

17,137

Renter-occupied

7,211

• 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 (Construction, $66,289/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,431/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 18,118 74.9%
• Democratic 5,487 22.7%
• Other / third-party 586 2.4%

• Spanish 4,965 8.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 155 0.3%
• Chinese 122 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 105 0.2%
• Vietnamese 90 0.1%
• Korean 81 0.1%
• Tagalog 12 0.0%

Households

24,348

Family households

16,185

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,883

30.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,282

7.9% of families

Veterans

3,578

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 24,559 38.7%
• Mainline Protestant 3,923 6.2%
• Catholic 1,610 2.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,072 1.7%
• Black Protestant 820 1.3%

Health insured

92.7%

±1 pp

Uninsured

7.3%

±1 pp

52nd of 75

With a disability

17.7%

±1.2 pp

64th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

24.7%

±1.9 pp

−1.0 pp vs AR · 10th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.7%

90% interval 10.5%–12.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th 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

Clarksville, Ozark, Charleston, Russellville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

20.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10