Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Arkansas

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 17,220
Median household income: $51,919
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,853 86.3%
Black or African American alone 43 0.2%
Asian alone 162 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 151 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 213 1.2%
Two or more races 1,798 10.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 548 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 3,892 22.6%
18–24 1,232 7.2%
25–44 3,940 22.9%
45–64 4,662 27.1%
65 and over 3,494 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $688.9M; 0.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,454
Establishments: 394

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,203 24.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,128 22.7%
Manufacturing 1,029 20.7%
Professional & business services 450 9.1%
Leisure & hospitality 366 7.4%
Public administration 277 5.6%
Construction 208 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 96 1.9%
Financial activities 94 1.9%
Other services 66 1.3%
Information 53 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.0%
Median gross rent: $717
Owner-occupied: 5,092
Renter-occupied: 1,786

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,971 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 288 1.8%
Other Indo-European 88 0.5%
German 55 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 28 0.2%
Other 27 0.2%
Chinese 25 0.2%
Tagalog 21 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,878
Family households: 4,495; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,451
Single-mother households: 302
Veterans: 1,398; 10.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.4% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 22.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 37.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023