Jury Pool Profile
Baxter County, Arkansas
Republican +57 (2024)
- Population
- 42,150
- Median household income
- $48,427
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 39,153 92.9%
- Black or African American alone 159 0.4%
- Asian alone 273 0.6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 219 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.0%
- Some other race alone 127 0.3%
- Two or more races 2,200 5.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,157 2.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 51.9
- Under 18 7,480 17.7%
- 18–24 2,513 6.0%
- 25–44 8,199 19.5%
- 45–64 10,860 25.8%
- 65 and over 13,098 31.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.5%
- +0.3 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.3B
- 1.24% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $45,036
- Establishments
- 1,323
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 5,137 31.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,986 18.5%
- Manufacturing 2,256 14.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,760 10.9%
- Professional & business services 1,567 9.7%
- Financial activities 782 4.8%
- Construction 707 4.4%
- Public administration 406 2.5%
- Other services 337 2.1%
- Information 189 1.2%
- Natural resources & mining 43 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.0%
- Median gross rent
- $866
- Owner-occupied
- 14,459
- Renter-occupied
- 4,830
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 20,954 votes cast
- Republican 16,253 77.6%
- Democratic 4,341 20.7%
- Other / third-party 360 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 710 1.8%
- German 174 0.4%
- Other Indo-European 100 0.2%
- Slavic languages 85 0.2%
- Chinese 44 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 41 0.1%
- Tagalog 38 0.1%
- Korean 30 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.0%
- Vietnamese 6 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 19,289
- Family households
- 11,969
- 62.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 9,346
- Single-mother households
- 898
- Veterans
- 4,299
- 12.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
48.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 16,046 38.5%
- Catholic 1,873 4.5%
- Mainline Protestant 1,505 3.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 891 2.1%
- Orthodox 48 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.8%
- With a disability
- 25.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 14th 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
- Harrison, Jasper, Mountain Home, Yellville
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 7
- 20.19 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023