Jury Pool Profile

Columbia County, Arkansas

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 22,527
Median household income: $47,363
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,785 61.2%
Black or African American alone 7,873 34.9%
Asian alone 83 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 60 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
Some other race alone 128 0.6%
Two or more races 587 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 757 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.5

Under 18 4,842 21.5%
18–24 3,599 16.0%
25–44 5,121 22.7%
45–64 5,066 22.5%
65 and over 3,899 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,212
Establishments: 622

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,243 27.7%
Manufacturing 1,976 24.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,381 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 859 10.6%
Natural resources & mining 376 4.6%
Financial activities 349 4.3%
Professional & business services 332 4.1%
Public administration 230 2.8%
Construction 183 2.3%
Other services 142 1.8%
Information 33 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.1%
Median gross rent: $631
Owner-occupied: 5,781
Renter-occupied: 2,580

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,940 votes cast

Republican 5,367 67.6%
Democratic 2,466 31.1%
Other / third-party 107 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 564 2.7%
Other 65 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 56 0.3%
German 48 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.1%
Vietnamese 11 0.1%
Slavic languages 7 0.0%
Other Indo-European 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,361
Family households: 5,370; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,823
Single-mother households: 668
Veterans: 949; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

82.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,869 47.7%
Black Protestant 5,854 25.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,486 6.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 355 1.6%
Catholic 300 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 11.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023