Jury Pool Profile

Benton County, Arkansas

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 294,541
Median household income: $89,879
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 194,407 66.0%
Black or African American alone 5,357 1.8%
Asian alone 12,840 4.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,318 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2,030 0.7%
Some other race alone 11,039 3.7%
Two or more races 65,550 22.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53,388 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.8

Under 18 75,790 25.7%
18–24 24,220 8.2%
25–44 87,043 29.6%
45–64 67,331 22.9%
65 and over 40,157 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -1.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $26.1B; 13.87% of state
Avg. annual pay: $81,978
Establishments: 8,444

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 38,341 26.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 33,729 23.3%
Education & health services 22,402 15.5%
Leisure & hospitality 16,526 11.4%
Manufacturing 13,174 9.1%
Construction 8,642 6.0%
Financial activities 4,394 3.0%
Other services 2,830 2.0%
Public administration 2,661 1.8%
Information 1,082 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 763 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.2%
Median gross rent: $1,193
Owner-occupied: 72,356
Renter-occupied: 35,311

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 128,595 votes cast

Republican 79,907 62.1%
Democratic 45,231 35.2%
Other / third-party 3,457 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 31,102 11.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,945 1.8%
Other Indo-European 2,666 1.0%
Vietnamese 942 0.3%
Chinese 489 0.2%
German 473 0.2%
Other 294 0.1%
Slavic languages 278 0.1%
Tagalog 271 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 195 0.1%
Arabic 177 0.1%
Korean 105 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 107,667
Family households: 78,896; 73.3% of households
Married w/ children: 63,785
Single-mother households: 6,146
Veterans: 14,263; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 81,955 28.8%
Catholic 30,143 10.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,212 4.6%
Mainline Protestant 10,841 3.8%
Black Protestant 2,542 0.9%
Orthodox 97 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 10.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Bentonville, Berryville, Eureka Springs

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 11.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023