National data is from census reports in various almanacs.
We also used the Marion and Newton County Profile booklets as necessary. These tables are discussed further in chapter 1.3. Unemployment is higher in Newton and Searcy than AR average. Anecdotally, most BNRW farmers are not full-time, as evidenced here. Overall, the number of farms is growing with population in BNRW, while for AR the number of farms is falling slowly in absolute terms.