Garland County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 79,276 79.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,484 7.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,560 7.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 661 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,491 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 332 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 96 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 135 0.1%

• Under 18 19,821 19.8%
• 18–24 7,090 7.1%
• 25–44 22,418 22.4%
• 45–64 26,004 26.0%
• 65 and over 24,702 24.7%

Median household income

$59,915

90% interval $55,244–$64,586

−$2,231 vs AR · 16th of 75

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 11.5%–16.9%

−1.1 pp vs AR · 60th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.09 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.7B

2.52% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,102

Establishments

3,407

• Education & health services 10,377 26.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,493 22.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,873 20.4%
• Professional & business services 3,326 8.6%
• Manufacturing 2,227 5.8%
• Construction 2,115 5.5%
• Financial activities 1,349 3.5%
• Other services 1,062 2.8%
• Public administration 990 2.6%
• Information 472 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 234 0.6%

Home ownership

69.4%

+3.0 pp vs AR · 45th of 75

Median gross rent

$966

+$19 vs AR · 7th of 75

Owner-occupied

30,296

Renter-occupied

13,371

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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, $67,940/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,353/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 28,359 67.0%
• Democratic 13,015 30.7%
• Other / third-party 953 2.3%

• Spanish 4,718 5.0%
• Vietnamese 340 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 275 0.3%
• Tagalog 89 0.1%
• Chinese 79 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 72 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 69 0.1%
• Korean 46 0.0%

Households

43,667

Family households

27,106

62.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,541

20.4% of families

Single-mother families

3,386

12.5% of families

Veterans

7,875

9.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

90.5%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

9.5%

±0.8 pp

25th of 75

With a disability

22.4%

±1.2 pp

31st of 75

Bachelor's or higher

25.3%

±1.5 pp

−0.4 pp vs AR · 9th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.0%

90% interval 10.8%–13.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

23

28.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

21