Washington County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 153,823 59.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 47,853 18.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,702 3.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,069 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 31,425 12.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,468 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7,264 2.8%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,161 0.5%

• Under 18 60,304 23.5%
• 18–24 38,115 14.8%
• 25–44 72,513 28.2%
• 45–64 54,146 21.1%
• 65 and over 31,687 12.3%

Median household income

$74,040

90% interval $69,426–$78,654

+$11,894 vs AR · 4th of 75

Below poverty line

13.5%

90% interval 11.7%–15.3%

−1.8 pp vs AR · 67th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.83 pp vs. state

County GDP

$18.2B

9.64% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,051

Establishments

7,428

• Education & health services 33,163 27.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 24,947 20.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 15,289 12.5%
• Professional & business services 15,083 12.4%
• Manufacturing 12,962 10.6%
• Construction 8,433 6.9%
• Financial activities 4,197 3.4%
• Public administration 3,422 2.8%
• Other services 3,174 2.6%
• Information 945 0.8%
• Natural resources & mining 386 0.3%

Home ownership

55.6%

−10.8 pp vs AR · 73rd of 75

Median gross rent

$1,071

+$124 vs AR · 3rd of 75

Owner-occupied

54,053

Renter-occupied

43,131

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Professional & business services, $90,137/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,898/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 50,243 51.7%
• Democratic 43,779 45.1%
• Other / third-party 3,136 3.2%

• Spanish 31,171 13.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 702 0.3%
• Chinese 536 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 349 0.1%
• Tagalog 331 0.1%
• Vietnamese 275 0.1%
• Arabic 135 0.1%
• Korean 117 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 34 0.0%

Households

97,184

Family households

60,274

62.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

19,690

32.7% of families

Single-mother families

5,446

9.0% of families

Veterans

11,230

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 78,265 31.8%
• Catholic 35,308 14.4%
• Mainline Protestant 16,519 6.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,813 4.0%
• Black Protestant 5,480 2.2%
• Orthodox 322 0.1%

Health insured

87.6%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

12.4%

±0.8 pp

5th of 75

With a disability

11.0%

±0.5 pp

74th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

35.2%

±1.2 pp

+9.5 pp vs AR · 3rd of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.5%

90% interval 13.4%–15.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

8 (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

Fayetteville, Huntsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

23

11.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

20