Sharp County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,155 90.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 437 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 88 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 119 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 937 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 29 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%

• Under 18 3,622 20.4%
• 18–24 1,257 7.1%
• 25–44 3,570 20.1%
• 45–64 4,793 27.0%
• 65 and over 4,531 25.5%

Median household income

$48,226

90% interval $43,108–$53,344

−$13,920 vs AR · 63rd of 75

Below poverty line

18.9%

90% interval 15.3%–22.5%

+3.6 pp vs AR · 30th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$579.8M

0.31% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,392

Establishments

419

• Education & health services 1,485 37.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 872 22.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 423 10.7%
• Public administration 273 6.9%
• Financial activities 206 5.2%
• Construction 185 4.7%
• Manufacturing 177 4.5%
• Other services 161 4.1%
• Professional & business services 101 2.6%
• Natural resources & mining 48 1.2%
• Information 18 0.5%

Home ownership

78.8%

+12.4 pp vs AR · 14th of 75

Median gross rent

$766

−$181 vs AR · 33rd of 75

Owner-occupied

5,405

Renter-occupied

1,451

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $68,838/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,004/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,978 80.4%
• Democratic 1,316 17.7%
• Other / third-party 143 1.9%

• Spanish 196 1.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 20 0.1%
• Tagalog 17 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.1%
• Korean 11 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.1%

Households

6,856

Family households

4,543

66.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,088

23.9% of families

Single-mother families

436

9.6% of families

Veterans

1,301

9.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,752 50.7%
• Black Protestant 920 5.3%
• Mainline Protestant 765 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 619 3.6%
• Catholic 264 1.5%

Health insured

91.8%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

8.2%

±2.1 pp

44th of 75

With a disability

24.6%

±2 pp

16th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

13.9%

±2.4 pp

−11.8 pp vs AR · 60th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.4%

90% interval 11.9%–14.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd 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

Ash Flat, Newport, Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

49.47 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7