Photo: NatalieMaynor · CC BY 2.0Pocahontas runs its own hospital
Pocahontas’ city government spent $5.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, about $689 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Pocahontas didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Pocahontas is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $689 per resident a year, or $1.89 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 31%.
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Pocahontas didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Pocahontas yet
Every year of Pocahontas’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2023. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025 (hospital, health & welfare left out), up from 69 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $533 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.44% 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 Pocahontas’ 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.
Tax bills are one input to Pocahontas’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Pocahontas →
Who’s in charge in Pocahontas
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 98 residents, not counting hospital, health & welfare staff
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (7,521).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Pocahontas School District
Pocahontas’ K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,141 per pupil, $6,639 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.
Pocahontas’ votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Pocahontas alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Randolph County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.9%5,367 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.1%1,138 votesOthers: 2.0% (131 votes).
Most votes in Randolph County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Pocahontas lies in Randolph County. Every 2024 race in Randolph County is on the county’s page.
Randolph 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 Pocahontas.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal 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 Pocahontas’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Pocahontas’ government
How much does Pocahontas spend per resident?
About $689 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, a Census Bureau estimate (Pocahontas didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $6.9 million.
What is the property tax rate in Pocahontas?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $533 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.44% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Pocahontas’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Pocahontas yet.
How did Pocahontas vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Pocahontas alone. Randolph County, where 100% of Pocahontas lies, voted Trump 80.9%, Harris 17.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Pocahontas?
77 full-time and 39 part-time employees in March 2025 (plus 112 full-time hospital, health & welfare staff), with a March payroll of $999,297 (about $12.0M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Pocahontas in the state legislature?
State Senate District 21 (Blake Johnson) and State House District 2 (Trey Steimel). The House district also covers eight 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 Pocahontas, 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 →