Clay County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,346 93.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 158 1.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 705 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 56 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%

• Under 18 3,067 21.5%
• 18–24 986 6.9%
• 25–44 3,377 23.6%
• 45–64 3,738 26.2%
• 65 and over 3,112 21.8%

Median household income

$53,417

90% interval $49,595–$57,239

−$8,729 vs AR · 42nd of 75

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 12.0%–19.8%

+0.6 pp vs AR · 51st of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$476.3M

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,856

Establishments

359

• Education & health services 1,053 34.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 812 26.9%
• Public administration 233 7.7%
• Natural resources & mining 221 7.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 176 5.8%
• Construction 143 4.7%
• Manufacturing 129 4.3%
• Financial activities 113 3.7%
• Other services 84 2.8%
• Professional & business services 33 1.1%
• Information 26 0.9%

Home ownership

74.7%

+8.3 pp vs AR · 32nd of 75

Median gross rent

$707

−$240 vs AR · 52nd of 75

Owner-occupied

4,499

Renter-occupied

1,522

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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 (Financial activities, $51,134/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,111/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 3,968 79.9%
• Democratic 907 18.3%
• Other / third-party 92 1.9%

• German or other West Germanic 73 0.5%
• Spanish 26 0.2%
• Tagalog 4 0.0%

Households

6,021

Family households

3,961

65.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

907

22.9% of families

Single-mother families

358

9.0% of families

Veterans

848

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,379 43.8%
• Mainline Protestant 682 4.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 240 1.6%
• Catholic 182 1.3%
• Black Protestant 76 0.5%

Health insured

90.2%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

9.8%

±1.5 pp

18th of 75

With a disability

22.0%

±2.1 pp

36th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

15.3%

±2.8 pp

−10.4 pp vs AR · 49th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.6%

90% interval 10.3%–12.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

9 (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

Blytheville, Osceola, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Lake City, Marion, Paragould, Piggott, Corning

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

124.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6