Jury Pool Profile

Hempstead County, Arkansas

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 19,778
Median household income: $47,654
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,970 55.5%
Black or African American alone 5,878 29.7%
Asian alone 105 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 117 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,426 7.2%
Two or more races 1,282 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,955 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 5,051 25.5%
18–24 1,497 7.6%
25–44 4,384 22.2%
45–64 5,154 26.1%
65 and over 3,692 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.7% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,282
Establishments: 502

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,158 28.3%
Education & health services 1,659 21.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,291 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 663 8.7%
Professional & business services 525 6.9%
Construction 465 6.1%
Public administration 354 4.6%
Natural resources & mining 223 2.9%
Financial activities 148 1.9%
Other services 110 1.4%
Information 34 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.6%
Median gross rent: $781
Owner-occupied: 5,190
Renter-occupied: 2,264

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,089 votes cast

Republican 4,193 68.9%
Democratic 1,776 29.2%
Other / third-party 120 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,944 10.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 41 0.2%
Chinese 15 0.1%
German 11 0.1%
Korean 9 0.0%
Vietnamese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,454
Family households: 4,690; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,427
Single-mother households: 502
Veterans: 885; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.2% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.9%
With a disability: 22.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 74.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023