Jury Pool Profile

Arkansas County, Arkansas

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 16,773
Median household income: $60,831
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,816 70.4%
Black or African American alone 4,319 25.7%
Asian alone 14 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 113 0.7%
Two or more races 495 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 661 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 3,890 23.2%
18–24 1,243 7.4%
25–44 3,909 23.3%
45–64 4,389 26.2%
65 and over 3,342 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.72% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,542
Establishments: 626

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,009 42.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,008 21.1%
Education & health services 1,310 13.8%
Leisure & hospitality 555 5.8%
Professional & business services 478 5.0%
Public administration 362 3.8%
Construction 273 2.9%
Financial activities 229 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 153 1.6%
Other services 84 0.9%
Information 52 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.5%
Median gross rent: $799
Owner-occupied: 4,443
Renter-occupied: 2,144

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,547 votes cast

Republican 3,951 71.2%
Democratic 1,503 27.1%
Other / third-party 93 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 180 1.1%
German 25 0.2%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.1%
Arabic 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,587
Family households: 4,253; 64.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,193
Single-mother households: 323
Veterans: 651; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,725 50.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,853 10.8%
Black Protestant 574 3.3%
Catholic 250 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 154 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 19.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + criminal jurisdiction across five subject-matter divisions: civil, criminal, juvenile, probate, domestic relations); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 arcourts.gov; counts for small rural circuits are approximate (single-county or single-judge circuits typically carry 2-4 judges per Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-2402). Five circuits (8th, 9th, 11th, 18th, 19th) are administratively subdivided into East/West subdistricts for judge-residence purposes; the counts here combine both subdistricts.)
Court seats: Pine Bluff, Star City, Stuttgart, DeWitt

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 23.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023