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Jury Pool Profile

Craighead County, Arkansas

Republican +37 (2024)
Population
112,097
Median household income
$57,615
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 82,027 73.2%
  • Black or African American alone 18,803 16.8%
  • Asian alone 1,291 1.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 286 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 38 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 2,650 2.4%
  • Two or more races 7,002 6.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,899 6.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.5

  • Under 18 28,368 25.3%
  • 18–24 12,017 10.7%
  • 25–44 31,527 28.1%
  • 45–64 24,794 22.1%
  • 65 and over 15,391 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
-0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP
$7.3B
3.85% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,690
Establishments
3,006

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 18,088 32.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 11,068 20.1%
  • Manufacturing 7,497 13.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 6,342 11.5%
  • Professional & business services 4,443 8.1%
  • Construction 2,732 5.0%
  • Financial activities 1,883 3.4%
  • Public administration 1,220 2.2%
  • Other services 976 1.8%
  • Information 479 0.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 327 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
59.2%
Median gross rent
$930
Owner-occupied
25,668
Renter-occupied
17,689

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 37,242 votes cast

  • Republican 25,152 67.5%
  • Democratic 11,210 30.1%
  • Other / third-party 880 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 4,684 4.5%
  • Chinese 381 0.4%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 215 0.2%
  • Arabic 214 0.2%
  • German 208 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 182 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 149 0.1%
  • Tagalog 63 0.1%
  • Other 58 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 51 0.0%
  • Korean 33 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
43,357
Family households
28,907
66.7% of households
Married w/ children
20,427
Single-mother households
4,078
Veterans
5,160
6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 50,599 45.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 5,656 5.1%
  • Black Protestant 4,980 4.5%
  • Catholic 3,923 3.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,999 1.8%
  • Orthodox 50 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.6%
With a disability
19.0%
Bachelor's or higher
27.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
9 (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
Blytheville, Osceola, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Lake City, Marion, Paragould, Piggott, Corning

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
10
11.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Craighead 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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.