Cleveland County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,220 83.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 108 1.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 935 12.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 24 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 166 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,595 21.4%
• 18–24 525 7.0%
• 25–44 1,686 22.6%
• 45–64 2,067 27.7%
• 65 and over 1,580 21.2%

Median household income

$62,279

90% interval $54,975–$69,583

+$133 vs AR · 11th of 75

Below poverty line

14.0%

90% interval 10.6%–17.4%

−1.3 pp vs AR · 64th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$235.3M

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,778

Establishments

125

• Education & health services 478 45.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 141 13.4%
• Manufacturing 124 11.8%
• Public administration 64 6.1%
• Professional & business services 46 4.4%
• Financial activities 37 3.5%
• Construction 15 1.4%
• Other services 14 1.3%
• Information 2 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 87.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.6%

+16.2 pp vs AR · 3rd of 75

Median gross rent

$536

−$411 vs AR · 75th of 75

Owner-occupied

2,422

Renter-occupied

509

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% 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, $69,743/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Information, $26,227/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 2,804 83.1%
• Democratic 524 15.5%
• Other / third-party 46 1.4%

• Spanish 42 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 24 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 3 0.0%

Households

2,931

Family households

2,018

68.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

470

23.3% of families

Single-mother families

174

8.6% of families

Veterans

348

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,968 39.3%
• Black Protestant 1,404 18.6%
• Mainline Protestant 493 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

96.0%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

4.0%

±1.8 pp

73rd of 75

With a disability

24.6%

±3.5 pp

14th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

19.7%

±3.7 pp

−6.0 pp vs AR · 21st of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.3%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

13th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (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

Camden, El Dorado, Fordyce, Hampton, Magnolia, Rison

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

34.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2