Jury Pool Profile

Garland County, Arkansas

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 100,062
Median household income: $55,409
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 83,604 83.6%
Black or African American alone 7,839 7.8%
Asian alone 774 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 475 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 212 0.2%
Some other race alone 1,661 1.7%
Two or more races 5,497 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,179 7.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 20,004 20.0%
18–24 7,134 7.1%
25–44 22,475 22.5%
45–64 26,145 26.1%
65 and over 24,304 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.7B; 2.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,226
Establishments: 3,256

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,350 27.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,033 21.1%
Leisure & hospitality 7,979 21.0%
Professional & business services 3,253 8.6%
Manufacturing 2,151 5.7%
Construction 2,114 5.6%
Financial activities 1,328 3.5%
Other services 1,055 2.8%
Public administration 1,007 2.6%
Information 501 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 232 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.2%
Median gross rent: $942
Owner-occupied: 30,297
Renter-occupied: 13,465

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 42,327 votes cast

Republican 28,359 67.0%
Democratic 13,015 30.7%
Other / third-party 953 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,176 5.5%
Other Indo-European 882 0.9%
Vietnamese 337 0.4%
German 267 0.3%
Slavic languages 164 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 127 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 107 0.1%
Tagalog 66 0.1%
Chinese 46 0.0%
Korean 37 0.0%
Other 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 43,762
Family households: 27,405; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 19,379
Single-mother households: 3,264
Veterans: 7,831; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 32,592 32.5%
Mainline Protestant 8,025 8.0%
Catholic 5,232 5.2%
Black Protestant 2,660 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,575 2.6%
Orthodox 81 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 21.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Hot Springs, Mena, Mount Ida

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 19.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023