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Jury Pool Profile

Bradley County, Arkansas

Republican +39.1 (2024)
County seat
Warren
Judicial district
10th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
9,828
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,208.

At a glance

Bradley County is a 9,828-person venue. The county population is 54% White and 26% Black (Census race-alone categories). 16% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $50,808, $11,338 below the AR state median of $62,146; 15.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 13.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 34.1% of covered employment, average pay $43,526/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.76%, above the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 60% to 69% of the vote across the three.

Population
10,208
Median household income
$41,476
Unemployment
5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 54% / 26%.

Bradley County has a population of 10,208, with a median age of 39.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 53.9%; Black residents 25.9%. Independently, 15.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $50,808; 15.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 5,499 53.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,628 15.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,647 25.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 362 3.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 45 0.4%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 39

  • Under 18 2,505 24.5%
  • 18–24 825 8.1%
  • 25–44 2,456 24.1%
  • 45–64 2,487 24.4%
  • 65 and over 1,935 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$50,808
90% interval $45,568–$56,048
−$11,338 vs AR · 54th of 75
Below poverty line
20.6%
90% interval 15.8%–25.4%
+5.3 pp vs AR · 18th of 75

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Energy-sector presence

BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 6.5%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 34.1% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 23.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.76%, above the Arkansas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.8%
+1.51 pp vs. state
County GDP
$472.0M
0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay
$45,647
Establishments
341

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,159 34.1%
  • Manufacturing 789 23.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 537 15.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 221 6.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 206 6.1%
  • Public administration 149 4.4%
  • Financial activities 109 3.2%
  • Construction 87 2.6%
  • Other services 67 2.0%
  • Professional & business services 66 1.9%
  • Information 12 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
66.0%
−0.4 pp vs AR · 55th of 75
Median gross rent
$689
−$258 vs AR · 57th of 75
Owner-occupied
2,475
Renter-occupied
1,277

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $57,704/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,156/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 10.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 64%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Bradley County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 69.0% in 2024, 63.9% in 2020, 59.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,209 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201659.8%36.4%
202063.9%33.2%
202469.0%29.9%
  • Republican 2,213 69.0%
  • Democratic 961 29.9%
  • Other / third-party 35 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 13.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

13.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.5% of the adult civilian population (425 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

86.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,318 13.7%
  • German or other West Germanic 16 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
3,752
Family households
2,210
58.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
502
22.7% of families
Single-mother families
284
12.9% of families
Veterans
425
5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

77.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,802 45.5%
  • Black Protestant 1,966 18.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 817 7.7%
  • Catholic 340 3.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 228 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
87.5%
±2.9 pp
Uninsured
12.5%
±2.9 pp
4th of 75
With a disability
23.1%
±3.1 pp
26th of 75
Bachelor's or higher
15.3%
±3.3 pp
−10.4 pp vs AR · 48th of 75
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
13.1%
90% interval 11.6%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Bradley totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
12.98 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Bradley County, Arkansas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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