Stone County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,290 89.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 281 2.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 871 6.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 107 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,471 19.7%
• 18–24 824 6.6%
• 25–44 2,430 19.3%
• 45–64 3,296 26.2%
• 65 and over 3,547 28.2%

Median household income

$48,912

90% interval $44,047–$53,777

−$13,234 vs AR · 59th of 75

Below poverty line

17.7%

90% interval 13.4%–22.0%

+2.4 pp vs AR · 39th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+1.48 pp vs. state

County GDP

$365.9M

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$39,016

Establishments

301

• Education & health services 826 31.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 641 24.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 525 19.9%
• Manufacturing 226 8.6%
• Public administration 158 6.0%
• Financial activities 121 4.6%
• Professional & business services 49 1.9%
• Information 2 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 96.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.9%

+9.5 pp vs AR · 25th of 75

Median gross rent

$626

−$321 vs AR · 66th of 75

Owner-occupied

3,996

Renter-occupied

1,266

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 76% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $89,016/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,727/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,808 79.7%
• Democratic 1,089 18.1%
• Other / third-party 133 2.2%

• Spanish 192 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 94 0.8%
• Tagalog 10 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.1%
• Korean 6 0.1%

Households

5,262

Family households

3,230

61.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

688

21.3% of families

Single-mother families

167

5.2% of families

Veterans

1,055

10.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,252 34.4%
• Black Protestant 1,200 9.7%
• Mainline Protestant 434 3.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 373 3.0%
• Catholic 96 0.8%

Health insured

92.0%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

8.0%

±2.1 pp

47th of 75

With a disability

28.3%

±3.2 pp

2nd of 75

Bachelor's or higher

15.8%

±3.1 pp

−9.9 pp vs AR · 46th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.8%

90% interval 11.3%–14.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

16th 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

Batesville, Heber Springs, Melbourne, Mountain View, Salem

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

49.52 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5