Jury Pool Profile

Chicot County, Arkansas

Democratic +4 (2024)

Population: 9,997
Median household income: $39,683
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,094 41.0%
Black or African American alone 5,338 53.4%
Asian alone 26 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 75 0.8%
Two or more races 456 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 628 6.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 2,220 22.2%
18–24 800 8.0%
25–44 2,158 21.6%
45–64 2,653 26.5%
65 and over 2,166 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +2.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $372.1M; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,395
Establishments: 350

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 913 34.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 652 24.5%
Public administration 358 13.4%
Natural resources & mining 219 8.2%
Leisure & hospitality 147 5.5%
Other services 102 3.8%
Financial activities 97 3.6%
Construction 15 0.6%
Professional & business services 7 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $661
Owner-occupied: 2,641
Renter-occupied: 1,278

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,490 votes cast

Democratic 1,796 51.5%
Republican 1,658 47.5%
Other / third-party 36 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 384 4.1%
German 32 0.3%
Tagalog 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,919
Family households: 2,415; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,531
Single-mother households: 348
Veterans: 345; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,996 39.1%
Black Protestant 878 8.6%
Mainline Protestant 360 3.5%
Catholic 318 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 131 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.5%
With a disability: 24.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.2%

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: 6; 77.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023