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Jury Pool Profile

Conway County, Arkansas

Republican +40.3 (2024)
County seat
Morrilton
Judicial district
15th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
21,393
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 21,054.

At a glance

Conway County is a 21,393-person venue. The county population is 81% White and 12% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,127; 19.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 28.3% of covered employment, average pay $51,260/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.43%, above the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 69% of the vote across the three.

Population
21,054
Median household income
$54,187
Unemployment
4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 81% / 12%.

Conway County has a population of 21,054, with a median age of 42.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 80.9%; Black residents 11.5%. Independently, 4.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $63,127; 19.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 16,724 79.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,000 4.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,412 11.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 54 0.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 715 3.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 90 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 59 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

  • Under 18 4,758 22.6%
  • 18–24 1,670 7.9%
  • 25–44 4,718 22.4%
  • 45–64 5,750 27.3%
  • 65 and over 4,158 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$63,127
90% interval $58,291–$67,963
+$981 vs AR · 9th of 75
Below poverty line
14.3%
90% interval 10.9%–17.7%
−1.0 pp vs AR · 59th of 75

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

BLS QCEW 'Education & health services' is ≥20% of total covered employment. This county: 28.3%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 28.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.43%, above the Arkansas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.4%
+0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.0B
0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,834
Establishments
505

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,798 28.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,283 20.2%
  • Manufacturing 1,076 17.0%
  • Construction 620 9.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 610 9.6%
  • Professional & business services 246 3.9%
  • Public administration 246 3.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 173 2.7%
  • Financial activities 169 2.7%
  • Other services 75 1.2%
  • Information 50 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.1%
+7.7 pp vs AR · 33rd of 75
Median gross rent
$755
−$192 vs AR · 36th of 75
Owner-occupied
6,133
Renter-occupied
2,146

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Manufacturing, $72,388/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,384/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • 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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 65%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Conway County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 69.0% in 2024, 65.6% in 2020, 61.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,541 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201661.8%33.9%
202065.6%30.1%
202469.0%28.7%
  • Republican 5,893 69.0%
  • Democratic 2,449 28.7%
  • Other / third-party 199 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 8.8% of the adult civilian population (1,431 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 733 3.7%
  • German or other West Germanic 9 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 8 0.0%
  • Tagalog 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
8,279
Family households
5,796
70.0% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,401
24.2% of families
Single-mother families
766
13.2% of families
Veterans
1,431
8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

51.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 5,632 27.2%
  • Black Protestant 2,148 10.4%
  • Catholic 1,734 8.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 735 3.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 368 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.2%
±1.2 pp
Uninsured
5.8%
±1.2 pp
69th of 75
With a disability
22.1%
±2.5 pp
35th of 75
Bachelor's or higher
19.9%
±2.4 pp
−5.8 pp vs AR · 19th of 75
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.1%
90% interval 8.9%–11.3% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
15th 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
Booneville, Paris, Dardanelle, Danville, Morrilton, Waldron

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Conway totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
3
18.41 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Conway County, Arkansas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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