Columbia County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,997 58.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 774 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,687 34.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 90 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 764 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%

• Under 18 4,796 21.5%
• 18–24 3,576 16.0%
• 25–44 5,199 23.3%
• 45–64 4,873 21.8%
• 65 and over 3,905 17.5%

Median household income

$54,388

90% interval $49,984–$58,792

−$7,758 vs AR · 35th of 75

Below poverty line

20.4%

90% interval 15.9%–24.9%

+5.1 pp vs AR · 20th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.77 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.69% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,768

Establishments

633

• Education & health services 2,211 27.7%
• Manufacturing 1,946 24.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,427 17.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 800 10.0%
• Financial activities 355 4.4%
• Natural resources & mining 347 4.3%
• Professional & business services 315 3.9%
• Public administration 235 2.9%
• Construction 167 2.1%
• Other services 146 1.8%
• Information 31 0.4%

Home ownership

70.7%

+4.3 pp vs AR · 43rd of 75

Median gross rent

$649

−$298 vs AR · 62nd of 75

Owner-occupied

5,948

Renter-occupied

2,461

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $79,125/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,938/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 464 2.2%
• German or other West Germanic 58 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 28 0.1%
• Vietnamese 19 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.0%

Households

8,409

Family households

5,171

61.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,048

20.3% of families

Single-mother families

604

11.7% of families

Veterans

912

5.2% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.5%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±1.3 pp

50th of 75

With a disability

20.2%

±2.1 pp

49th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

21.9%

±2.9 pp

−3.8 pp vs AR · 13th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.3%

90% interval 10.0%–12.6% · 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

6

34.18 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5