Hempstead County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,042 51.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,986 15.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,588 28.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 128 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 696 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 34 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 34 0.2%

• Under 18 4,933 25.3%
• 18–24 1,426 7.3%
• 25–44 4,309 22.1%
• 45–64 5,199 26.7%
• 65 and over 3,641 18.7%

Median household income

$48,739

90% interval $43,852–$53,626

−$13,407 vs AR · 61st of 75

Below poverty line

19.3%

90% interval 14.9%–23.7%

+4.0 pp vs AR · 27th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.7% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,877

Establishments

502

• Manufacturing 2,354 30.3%
• Education & health services 1,702 21.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,280 16.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 637 8.2%
• Professional & business services 496 6.4%
• Construction 421 5.4%
• Public administration 344 4.4%
• Natural resources & mining 250 3.2%
• Financial activities 161 2.1%
• Other services 92 1.2%
• Information 26 0.3%

Home ownership

71.7%

+5.3 pp vs AR · 39th of 75

Median gross rent

$815

−$132 vs AR · 25th of 75

Owner-occupied

5,366

Renter-occupied

2,113

• 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 (Natural resources & mining, $62,603/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,587/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 4,193 68.9%
• Democratic 1,776 29.2%
• Other / third-party 120 2.0%

• Spanish 1,934 10.6%
• Tagalog 24 0.1%
• Chinese 20 0.1%
• Vietnamese 14 0.1%
• Korean 11 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.0%

Households

7,479

Family households

4,570

61.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,139

24.9% of families

Single-mother families

540

11.8% of families

Veterans

753

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,266 31.2%
• Black Protestant 4,120 20.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,037 5.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 769 3.8%
• Catholic 485 2.4%

Health insured

91.7%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

8.3%

±1.7 pp

38th of 75

With a disability

24.0%

±2 pp

21st of 75

Bachelor's or higher

16.3%

±2.6 pp

−9.4 pp vs AR · 41st of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.3%

90% interval 10.9%–13.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th 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

Hope, Lewisville, Prescott, Texarkana

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

61.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8