Clarence Anderson Barn · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Fifty-Six run?
Fifty-Six’s town government spent $101,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $574 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Fifty-Six didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Fifty-Six is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Mountain View School District
Fifty-Six’s K–12 school district, shared with Mountain View, Big Flat. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,771 per pupil, $8,592 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.
About $574 per resident a year, or $1.57 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 63%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Fifty-Six 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 Fifty-Six yet
Every year of Fifty-Six’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town 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 →Who’s in charge in Fifty-Six
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 176 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (176).
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.
Fifty-Six’s votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Fifty-Six alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Stone County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican79.7%4,808 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat18.1%1,089 votesOthers: 2.2% (133 votes).
Most votes in Stone County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Fifty-Six lies in Stone County. Every 2024 race in Stone County is on the county’s page.
Stone 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 Fifty-Six.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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 Fifty-Six’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Fifty-Six’s government
How much does Fifty-Six spend per resident?
About $574 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Fifty-Six didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $108,000.
Who runs Fifty-Six’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Fifty-Six yet.
How did Fifty-Six vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Fifty-Six alone. Stone County, where 100% of Fifty-Six lies, voted Trump 79.7%, Harris 18.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Fifty-Six?
1 full-time and 10 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $6,267 (about $75,204 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Fifty-Six in the state legislature?
State Senate District 24 (Missy Irvin) and State House District 27 (Steven Walker). The House district also covers 16 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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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 Fifty-Six, 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 →