Clark County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,227 67.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,179 5.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,893 23.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 171 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 585 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 31 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 31 0.1%

• Under 18 4,240 20.1%
• 18–24 4,505 21.3%
• 25–44 4,503 21.3%
• 45–64 4,407 20.9%
• 65 and over 3,470 16.4%

Median household income

$52,380

90% interval $47,767–$56,993

−$9,766 vs AR · 48th of 75

Below poverty line

20.4%

90% interval 16.6%–24.2%

+5.1 pp vs AR · 19th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.57% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,304

Establishments

672

• Education & health services 2,786 32.0%
• Manufacturing 1,493 17.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,461 16.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,089 12.5%
• Professional & business services 718 8.2%
• Financial activities 313 3.6%
• Public administration 248 2.8%
• Construction 39 0.4%
• Other services 8 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 93.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.0%

−1.4 pp vs AR · 57th of 75

Median gross rent

$793

−$154 vs AR · 28th of 75

Owner-occupied

5,278

Renter-occupied

2,843

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Other services, $68,324/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,343/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 634 3.2%
• German or other West Germanic 113 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 46 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 20 0.1%
• Arabic 3 0.0%

Households

8,121

Family households

4,858

59.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,185

24.4% of families

Single-mother families

423

8.7% of families

Veterans

935

5.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.7%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

10.3%

±1.6 pp

12th of 75

With a disability

19.1%

±1.9 pp

58th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

26.2%

±3 pp

+0.5 pp vs AR · 7th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.6%

90% interval 9.3%–11.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

23.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4