Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Arkansas

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 14,399
Median household income: $48,500
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,539 94.0%
Black or African American alone 13 0.1%
Asian alone 5 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 48 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 40 0.3%
Two or more races 754 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 120 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 3,111 21.6%
18–24 1,020 7.1%
25–44 3,340 23.2%
45–64 3,789 26.3%
65 and over 3,139 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $476.3M; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,107
Establishments: 352

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,062 34.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 806 25.8%
Public administration 240 7.7%
Leisure & hospitality 187 6.0%
Manufacturing 148 4.7%
Financial activities 122 3.9%
Other services 94 3.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.5%
Median gross rent: $696
Owner-occupied: 4,371
Renter-occupied: 1,745

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,967 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.3% speak only English at home

German 48 0.4%
Spanish 47 0.3%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,116
Family households: 3,979; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,774
Single-mother households: 383
Veterans: 905; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.9% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 22.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 8.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023