Jury Pool Profile

Crittenden County, Arkansas

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 47,609
Median household income: $54,271
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,214 40.4%
Black or African American alone 24,013 50.4%
Asian alone 332 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 56 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 228 0.5%
Two or more races 3,766 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,476 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36

Under 18 12,993 27.3%
18–24 4,183 8.8%
25–44 11,860 24.9%
45–64 11,512 24.2%
65 and over 7,061 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 1.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,790
Establishments: 1,096

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,663 28.8%
Education & health services 3,353 20.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,936 18.1%
Manufacturing 2,226 13.7%
Professional & business services 819 5.1%
Public administration 764 4.7%
Financial activities 430 2.7%
Construction 352 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 212 1.3%
Other services 71 0.4%
Information 7 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.6%
Median gross rent: $883
Owner-occupied: 10,382
Renter-occupied: 7,956

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,681 votes cast

Democratic 7,362 50.1%
Republican 7,028 47.9%
Other / third-party 291 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 749 1.7%
Tagalog 92 0.2%
Korean 83 0.2%
Chinese 57 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 46 0.1%
Other Indo-European 43 0.1%
Arabic 29 0.1%
Slavic languages 14 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 11 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,338
Family households: 11,832; 64.5% of households
Married w/ children: 6,401
Single-mother households: 2,277
Veterans: 1,933; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,351 38.1%
Black Protestant 9,854 20.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,249 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 853 1.8%
Catholic 420 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 66.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023