Sebastian County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 85,341 66.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,635 16.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,632 5.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 5,504 4.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 9,505 7.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 876 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 63 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 344 0.3%

• Under 18 30,628 23.8%
• 18–24 11,563 9.0%
• 25–44 33,173 25.7%
• 45–64 31,577 24.5%
• 65 and over 21,959 17.0%

Median household income

$62,153

90% interval $57,389–$66,917

+$7 vs AR · 12th of 75

Below poverty line

12.9%

90% interval 10.5%–15.3%

−2.4 pp vs AR · 70th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.3B

4.91% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,769

Establishments

3,794

• Education & health services 16,580 24.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 14,464 21.4%
• Manufacturing 12,789 18.9%
• Professional & business services 7,188 10.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,557 9.7%
• Construction 3,208 4.7%
• Financial activities 2,475 3.7%
• Public administration 2,037 3.0%
• Other services 1,282 1.9%
• Information 928 1.4%
• Natural resources & mining 194 0.3%

Home ownership

61.4%

−5.0 pp vs AR · 66th of 75

Median gross rent

$886

−$61 vs AR · 13th of 75

Owner-occupied

32,034

Renter-occupied

20,147

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Information, $88,393/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,220/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 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 30,719 67.6%
• Democratic 13,652 30.0%
• Other / third-party 1,081 2.4%

• Spanish 14,014 11.6%
• Vietnamese 1,631 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 349 0.3%
• Tagalog 180 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 109 0.1%
• Arabic 74 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 73 0.1%
• Korean 44 0.0%
• Chinese 17 0.0%

Households

52,181

Family households

33,696

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,626

28.6% of families

Single-mother families

3,670

10.9% of families

Veterans

7,304

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 53,524 41.9%
• Catholic 12,144 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 8,005 6.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,132 4.0%
• Black Protestant 1,230 1.0%
• Orthodox 80 0.1%

Health insured

89.5%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±1.1 pp

11th of 75

With a disability

22.4%

±1.1 pp

32nd of 75

Bachelor's or higher

23.3%

±1.4 pp

−2.4 pp vs AR · 11th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.4%

90% interval 12.2%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

12th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

6 (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

Fort Smith, Greenwood

Traffic fatalities

15

15.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14