Franklin County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,914 86.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 577 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 40 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 105 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,472 8.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 168 1.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 50 0.3%

• Under 18 3,871 22.3%
• 18–24 1,255 7.2%
• 25–44 3,998 23.1%
• 45–64 4,619 26.7%
• 65 and over 3,583 20.7%

Median household income

$64,353

90% interval $58,794–$69,912

+$2,207 vs AR · 7th of 75

Below poverty line

13.7%

90% interval 10.4%–17.0%

−1.6 pp vs AR · 65th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$688.9M

0.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,081

Establishments

390

• Education & health services 1,171 23.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,090 22.1%
• Manufacturing 1,067 21.7%
• Professional & business services 494 10.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 348 7.1%
• Public administration 277 5.6%
• Financial activities 95 1.9%
• Construction 18 0.4%
• Information 11 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.0%

+11.6 pp vs AR · 18th of 75

Median gross rent

$719

−$228 vs AR · 49th of 75

Owner-occupied

5,494

Renter-occupied

1,554

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% 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 (Financial activities, $53,239/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,288/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.

• Republican 5,582 80.1%
• Democratic 1,232 17.7%
• Other / third-party 157 2.3%

• Spanish 315 1.9%
• German or other West Germanic 75 0.5%
• Vietnamese 38 0.2%
• Chinese 9 0.1%
• Tagalog 6 0.0%

Households

7,048

Family households

4,619

65.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,293

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

306

6.6% of families

Veterans

1,404

10.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,695 33.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,297 7.6%
• Catholic 883 5.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 229 1.3%

Health insured

90.6%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

9.4%

±2.2 pp

27th of 75

With a disability

21.7%

±2 pp

37th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

14.5%

±2.4 pp

−11.2 pp vs AR · 57th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.8%

90% interval 10.5%–13.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th 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

Clarksville, Ozark, Charleston, Russellville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

81.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7