Jury Pool Profile

Ashley County, Arkansas

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 18,722
Median household income: $44,481
Unemployment: 6.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,110 70.0%
Black or African American alone 4,606 24.6%
Asian alone 3 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 50 0.3%
Some other race alone 87 0.5%
Two or more races 829 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,157 6.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 4,243 22.7%
18–24 1,431 7.6%
25–44 4,080 21.8%
45–64 4,976 26.6%
65 and over 3,992 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.2%; +2.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,111
Establishments: 501

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,345 23.4%
Education & health services 1,299 22.6%
Manufacturing 1,039 18.0%
Construction 610 10.6%
Leisure & hospitality 373 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 298 5.2%
Public administration 236 4.1%
Financial activities 225 3.9%
Professional & business services 164 2.8%
Other services 139 2.4%
Information 30 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.1%
Median gross rent: $640
Owner-occupied: 5,193
Renter-occupied: 2,006

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,030 votes cast

Republican 5,145 73.2%
Democratic 1,774 25.2%
Other / third-party 111 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 674 3.8%
Other Indo-European 31 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.1%
German 10 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,199
Family households: 4,385; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,485
Single-mother households: 284
Veterans: 736; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

87.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,045 63.2%
Black Protestant 3,496 18.3%
Mainline Protestant 928 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 142 0.7%
Catholic 65 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.4%
With a disability: 23.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Arkansas City, Hamburg, Lake Village, Monticello, Warren

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 27.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023