Jury Pool Profile

Clark County, Arkansas

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 21,378
Median household income: $50,985
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,874 69.6%
Black or African American alone 5,076 23.7%
Asian alone 95 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 41 0.2%
Some other race alone 506 2.4%
Two or more races 762 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,146 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.9

Under 18 4,214 19.7%
18–24 4,787 22.4%
25–44 4,419 20.7%
45–64 4,488 21.0%
65 and over 3,470 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,514
Establishments: 655

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,816 32.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,458 16.9%
Manufacturing 1,351 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,084 12.6%
Professional & business services 708 8.2%
Financial activities 296 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 285 3.3%
Public administration 260 3.0%
Construction 135 1.6%
Other services 8 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.5%
Median gross rent: $734
Owner-occupied: 5,014
Renter-occupied: 3,133

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,657 votes cast

Republican 4,526 59.1%
Democratic 2,959 38.6%
Other / third-party 172 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 604 3.0%
German 88 0.4%
Slavic languages 53 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,147
Family households: 4,894; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,525
Single-mother households: 454
Veterans: 811; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

78.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,839 59.9%
Black Protestant 1,740 8.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,299 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 763 3.6%
Catholic 250 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 20.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: Arkadelphia, Ashdown, De Queen, Murfreesboro, Nashville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 40.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023