Jury Pool Profile

Cleburne County, Arkansas

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 25,048
Median household income: $55,979
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,640 94.4%
Black or African American alone 90 0.4%
Asian alone 51 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 141 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.0%
Some other race alone 122 0.5%
Two or more races 995 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 713 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.5

Under 18 4,737 18.9%
18–24 1,608 6.4%
25–44 5,117 20.4%
45–64 6,757 27.0%
65 and over 6,829 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $844.1M; 0.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,874
Establishments: 643

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,542 23.6%
Education & health services 1,392 21.3%
Manufacturing 1,244 19.1%
Leisure & hospitality 869 13.3%
Professional & business services 423 6.5%
Construction 327 5.0%
Financial activities 265 4.1%
Public administration 249 3.8%
Other services 98 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 71 1.1%
Information 43 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.5%
Median gross rent: $853
Owner-occupied: 8,214
Renter-occupied: 2,244

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,739 votes cast

Republican 10,595 83.2%
Democratic 1,941 15.2%
Other / third-party 203 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 372 1.6%
German 33 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Other 22 0.1%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,458
Family households: 6,784; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 5,395
Single-mother households: 411
Veterans: 2,254; 11.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,893 52.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,702 6.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 461 1.9%
Catholic 383 1.5%
Black Protestant 226 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 22.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Batesville, Heber Springs, Melbourne, Mountain View, Salem

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 19.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023