Sevier County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,278 52.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,574 35.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 759 4.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 531 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 263 1.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 228 1.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 74 0.5%

• Under 18 4,456 28.4%
• 18–24 1,596 10.2%
• 25–44 3,799 24.2%
• 45–64 3,402 21.7%
• 65 and over 2,459 15.7%

Median household income

$55,565

90% interval $49,043–$62,087

−$6,581 vs AR · 31st of 75

Below poverty line

15.6%

90% interval 11.6%–19.6%

+0.3 pp vs AR · 54th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.7 pp vs. state

County GDP

$758.0M

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,097

Establishments

329

• Education & health services 1,321 26.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 754 15.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 330 6.7%
• Public administration 264 5.3%
• Construction 213 4.3%
• Financial activities 186 3.8%
• Professional & business services 6 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 62.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.6%

+1.2 pp vs AR · 49th of 75

Median gross rent

$751

−$196 vs AR · 38th of 75

Owner-occupied

3,802

Renter-occupied

1,820

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% 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 (Construction, $62,102/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,398/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 3,772 80.0%
• Democratic 862 18.3%
• Other / third-party 80 1.7%

• Spanish 4,347 29.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 6 0.0%

Households

5,622

Family households

3,745

66.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,086

29.0% of families

Single-mother families

490

13.1% of families

Veterans

529

4.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,219 39.3%
• Catholic 2,995 18.9%
• Black Protestant 1,022 6.5%
• Mainline Protestant 551 3.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 391 2.5%
• Orthodox 30 0.2%

Health insured

85.1%

±3 pp

Uninsured

14.9%

±3 pp

1st of 75

With a disability

17.9%

±2.5 pp

63rd of 75

Bachelor's or higher

9.3%

±2.1 pp

−16.4 pp vs AR · 73rd of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.3%

90% interval 16.4%–20.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th 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

Arkadelphia, Ashdown, De Queen, Murfreesboro, Nashville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

35.54 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4