How is Dierks run?
Dierks’ city government spent $724,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $673 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Dierks didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Dierks is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $673 per resident a year, or $1.84 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 29%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Dierks didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Dierks yet
Every year of Dierks’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $524 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.52% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Dierks’ rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Dierks’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Dierks →
Who’s in charge in Dierks
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Dierks’ meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on dierksarkansas.net ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 98 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (1,076).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Dierks School District
Dierks’ K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,378 per pupil, $8,073 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Arkansas districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Dierks’ votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Dierks alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Howard County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican72.6%3,246 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat25.9%1,158 votesOthers: 1.5% (69 votes).
Most votes in Howard County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Dierks lies in Howard County. Every 2024 race in Howard County is on the county’s page.
Howard County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Dierks.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: dierksarkansas.net ↗
- 2Arkansas HouseState representatives
- 3Arkansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Arkansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Dierks’ government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Dierks’ government
How much does Dierks spend per resident?
About $673 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Dierks didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1 million.
What is the property tax rate in Dierks?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $524 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.52% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see dierksarkansas.net.
Who runs Dierks’ government?
See dierksarkansas.net for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Dierks yet.
How did Dierks vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Dierks alone. Howard County, where 100% of Dierks lies, voted Trump 72.6%, Harris 25.9% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Dierks?
11 full-time and 10 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $27,843 (about $334,116 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Dierks in the state legislature?
State Senate District 4 (Jimmy Hickey) and State House District 87 (DeAnn Vaught). The House district also covers 10 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Dierks’ government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Dierks, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →