Calhoun County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,406 72.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 140 3.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 809 17.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 311 6.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 30 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 903 19.2%
• 18–24 381 8.1%
• 25–44 1,125 23.9%
• 45–64 1,177 25.0%
• 65 and over 1,118 23.8%

Median household income

$60,117

90% interval $53,141–$67,093

−$2,029 vs AR · 15th of 75

Below poverty line

14.6%

90% interval 11.0%–18.2%

−0.7 pp vs AR · 58th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.09 pp vs. state

County GDP

$458.1M

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$77,830

Establishments

103

• Manufacturing 2,821 82.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 153 4.4%
• Education & health services 125 3.6%
• Public administration 84 2.4%
• Construction 69 2.0%
• Professional & business services 41 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 37 1.1%
• Information 4 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 96.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

87.8%

+21.4 pp vs AR · 1st of 75

Median gross rent

$769

−$178 vs AR · 31st of 75

Owner-occupied

1,484

Renter-occupied

206

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 90% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $83,486/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Information, $19,592/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 33 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 1,674 80.0%
• Democratic 379 18.1%
• Other / third-party 39 1.9%

• Spanish 98 2.2%
• German or other West Germanic 35 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 20 0.4%

Households

1,690

Family households

1,147

67.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

309

26.9% of families

Single-mother families

68

5.9% of families

Veterans

188

5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,881 60.8%
• Black Protestant 900 19.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 354 7.5%
• Mainline Protestant 186 3.9%

Health insured

95.2%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±2.2 pp

72nd of 75

With a disability

22.2%

±4.3 pp

33rd of 75

Bachelor's or higher

19.8%

±4.6 pp

−5.9 pp vs AR · 20th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.4%

90% interval 8.2%–10.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

13th 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

Camden, El Dorado, Fordyce, Hampton, Magnolia, Rison

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

52.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2