Jury Pool Profile

Cross County, Arkansas

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 16,681
Median household income: $47,012
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,009 72.0%
Black or African American alone 3,071 18.4%
Asian alone 10 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 45 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 19 0.1%
Two or more races 1,527 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 367 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 4,059 24.3%
18–24 1,162 7.0%
25–44 4,091 24.5%
45–64 4,272 25.6%
65 and over 3,097 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $587.8M; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,359
Establishments: 453

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,549 32.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,182 24.8%
Leisure & hospitality 410 8.6%
Construction 375 7.9%
Manufacturing 280 5.9%
Financial activities 242 5.1%
Natural resources & mining 234 4.9%
Public administration 188 3.9%
Professional & business services 163 3.4%
Information 14 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.1%
Median gross rent: $797
Owner-occupied: 4,310
Renter-occupied: 2,214

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,534 votes cast

Republican 4,753 72.7%
Democratic 1,642 25.1%
Other / third-party 139 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Arabic 222 1.4%
Spanish 89 0.6%
Slavic languages 14 0.1%
Chinese 7 0.0%
German 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,524
Family households: 4,710; 72.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,042
Single-mother households: 826
Veterans: 874; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,969 41.4%
Black Protestant 1,342 8.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,158 6.9%
Catholic 300 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Augusta, Clarendon, Forrest City, Helena, Marianna, Wynne

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023