Editing Arkansas County, Arkansas (section)

==Human resources==

===Education===
{{See also|Education in Arkansas}}
Educational attainment in Arkansas County is typical for a rural Arkansas county, with a 2016 study finding 82.5% of Arkansas County residents over age 25 held a high school degree or higher, below Arkansas and national averages of 85.2% and 87.0%, respectively. Arkansas County's proportion of population holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.4%, significantly below the state average of 21.5% and national average of 30.3%.<ref>{{cite web |title= American Community Survey |date= July 1, 2016 |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/arkansascountyarkansas,AR,US/PST045216 |publisher= United States Census Bureau |access-date= December 27, 2017 }}</ref>

====Primary and secondary education====
[[File:Map of Arkansas County Public School Districts.png|right|thumb|Public school district boundaries in Arkansas County as of July 2016]]
Two public school districts are based in Arkansas County: [[Stuttgart Public Schools]] is the larger of the two school districts in the county, with the [[DeWitt School District]] serving most of the rural area of the county. Successful completion of the curriculum of these schools leads to graduation from [[Stuttgart High School]] or [[DeWitt High School (Arkansas)|DeWitt High School]], respectively. Both high schools offer [[Advanced Placement]] (AP) courses and are accredited by the [[Arkansas Department of Education]] (ADE).

====Higher education====
Within Arkansas County, two branch campuses of [[Phillips Community College]] (based in [[Helena-West Helena, Arkansas|Helena-West Helena]]) are operated in De Witt and Stuttgart. Public four-year colleges in the area include the [[University of Arkansas at Monticello]] in [[Monticello, Arkansas|Monticello]], [[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff]] (UAPB) in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], and several institutions in Little Rock.

====Library system====
[[File:Stuttgart, AR library.jpg|right|thumb|William F. Foster Library in Stuttgart]]
The Arkansas County Library system is based in Stuttgart and contains three branches: Cleon Collier Memorial Library, DeWitt Public Library, and the William F. Foster Stuttgart Public Library.<ref>{{ cite web |title= Arkansas County Libraries |publisher= [[Arkansas State Library]] |location= Little Rock |url= http://www.library.arkansas.gov/facilities/list/arkansas |access-date= February 5, 2018 }}</ref> All three libraries offers books, [[e-book]]s, media, reference, youth, business and [[genealogy]] services.

===Public health===
Arkansas County's above-average poverty rate indicates a high [[Medicaid]] eligibility rate. As of 2012, 31.8% of Arkansas County was eligible for Medicaid, with 72.5% of children under 19 eligible for ARKids First, a program by the [[Arkansas Department of Human Services]] that combines children's Medicaid (ARKids A) and other programs for families with higher incomes (ARKids B).<ref>{{harvp|"Profile"|2015|p= 54}}.</ref> The county's population is significantly above healthy weight, with 71.2% of adults and 39.8% of children/adolescents ranking as overweight or obese, compared to the state averages of 67.1% and 39.3%, respectively. These rates are significantly above national averages of 62.9% and 30.3%, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title= Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity: Data, Trends and Maps |publisher= Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |url= https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/data-trends-maps/index.html |access-date= December 27, 2017 }}</ref>

The Baptist Health hospital system operates the Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart in the city, the only [[community hospital]] in Arkansas County.<ref>{{cite web |title= Trauma System Hospitals by Region |year= 2017 |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Trauma_System_Hospitals_by_Region.pdf |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |access-date= December 27, 2017 }}</ref> It is rated as a [[Level 4 Trauma Center]] by the [[Arkansas Department of Health]].<ref name="adh" /> The DeWitt Hospital & Nursing Home is a [[critical access hospital]], which maintains 25 beds, a 60-bed nursing home, and the Ferguson Rural Health Clinic.<ref>{{ cite web |title= DeWitt Hospital & Nursing Home |url= http://www.dhnh.org/index.html |author= Staff of the DeWitt Hospital & Nursing Home |publisher= DeWitt Hospital & Nursing Home |access-date= July 1, 2018 }}</ref> Both are members of the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership.<ref>{{ cite web |author= Staff of Arkansas Rural Health Partnership|title= Our Hospitals |publisher= Arkansas Rural Health Partnership |url= https://www.arruralhealth.org/ |year= 2018 |access-date= July 1, 2018 }}</ref> Jefferson Regional Medical Center in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]] is a [[Tertiary referral hospital|referral hospital]] in the region.<ref name="adh" >{{cite web |title= Trauma System Hospitals by Region |year= 2017 |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Trauma_System_Hospitals_by_Region.pdf |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |access-date= July 1, 2018 }}</ref>

The nearest [[Level 1 Trauma Center]]s are [[University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences]] (UAMS) and [[Arkansas Children's Hospital]] (ACH) in Little Rock.<ref name="adh" />

===Public safety===
The Arkansas County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the county. The agency is led by the Arkansas County Sheriff, an official elected by countywide vote every four years. Police departments in Stuttgart, DeWitt, Humphrey, Gillett, and Almyra provide law enforcement in their respective jurisdictions, with St. Charles contracting with the Arkansas County Sheriff's Office for law enforcement services.

The county is under the jurisdiction of two separate district courts, both local district courts of [[original jurisdiction]] for criminal, civil, small claims, and traffic matters. Local district courts are presided over by an elected part-time judge who may privately practice law. Arkansas County Northern District Court is held in Stuttgart.<ref>{{ cite web |author=Staff of the Arkansas Judiciary |title=Arkansas County District Court-Northern District |publisher= Arkansas Judiciary |work= District Court Directory |url=https://www.arcourts.gov/directories/district-courts?&field_district_court_target_id=1206 |access-date= May 25, 2020 }}</ref> Arkansas County Southern District Court has departments in DeWitt, Gillett, and St. Charles.<ref>{{ cite web |author=Staff of the Arkansas Judiciary |title=Arkansas County District Court-Southern District |publisher= Arkansas Judiciary |work= District Court Directory |url=https://www.arcourts.gov/directories/district-courts?&field_district_court_target_id=1207 |access-date= May 25, 2020 }}</ref>

Superseding district court jurisdiction is the [[Arkansas Circuit Courts|11th East Judicial Circuit Court]], which covers all of Arkansas County.<ref>{{ cite web |author=Staff of the Arkansas Judiciary |title=Arkansas Judicial Circuits |year=2019 |publisher= Arkansas Judiciary |url=https://www.arcourts.gov/sites/default/files/arkansas-judicial-circuits-2019.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028024222/https://www.arcourts.gov/sites/default/files/arkansas-judicial-circuits-2019.pdf |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date= May 25, 2020 }}</ref> The 11th East Circuit contains one judge elected to a six-year term.<ref>{{ cite web |author=Staff of the Arkansas Judiciary |title=Eleventh East Judicial Circuit |publisher= Arkansas Judiciary |work= Circuit Judge Directory |url=https://www.arcourts.gov/directories/circuit-judges?title=&field_county_circuit_target_id=&field_judicial_circuit_target_id=835 |access-date= May 25, 2020 }}</ref>

[[Fire protection]], [[fire prevention|prevention]] and [[Wildfire suppression|suppression]] is provided by eleven agencies in Arkansas County, together covering the entire county. The six incorporated municipalities each provide fire protection, in some cases extending beyond corporate limits. Rural areas are served by the Alcorn, Casscoe, Crockett's Bluff, One Horse, and Tichnor volunteer fire departments.<ref>{{ cite map |author=Arkansas Division of Emergency Management, Fire Services Office |title= Arkansas Fire Districts |year= 2020 |url=http://arfire.arkansas.gov/Home |format= SHP |publisher=Arkansas Economic Development Institute, [[University of Arkansas at Little Rock]] |scale= Various |location= Little Rock, Arkansas |access-date= May 25, 2020 |via=Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services }}</ref> All fire departments in Arkansas County are volunteer-based, except the Stuttgart Fire Department.