Hot Spring County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,738 80.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,362 4.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,692 11.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 12 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,199 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 133 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 44 0.1%

• Under 18 6,539 19.7%
• 18–24 2,588 7.8%
• 25–44 8,443 25.4%
• 45–64 8,957 27.0%
• 65 and over 6,653 20.1%

Median household income

$58,401

90% interval $52,772–$64,030

−$3,745 vs AR · 21st of 75

Below poverty line

15.4%

90% interval 12.0%–18.8%

+0.1 pp vs AR · 55th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.84% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,218

Establishments

632

• Education & health services 1,837 24.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,818 23.8%
• Manufacturing 1,313 17.2%
• Public administration 805 10.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 730 9.6%
• Professional & business services 294 3.9%
• Construction 282 3.7%
• Financial activities 203 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 166 2.2%
• Other services 132 1.7%
• Information 49 0.6%

Home ownership

76.5%

+10.1 pp vs AR · 21st of 75

Median gross rent

$768

−$179 vs AR · 32nd of 75

Owner-occupied

9,414

Renter-occupied

2,896

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Manufacturing, $65,898/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,870/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 9,226 75.1%
• Democratic 2,818 22.9%
• Other / third-party 239 1.9%

• Spanish 841 2.7%
• German or other West Germanic 44 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 43 0.1%
• Chinese 23 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 21 0.1%
• Tagalog 21 0.1%

Households

12,310

Family households

8,266

67.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,318

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

442

5.3% of families

Veterans

2,229

8.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,294 34.2%
• Black Protestant 3,710 11.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,405 4.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 185 0.6%
• Catholic 125 0.4%

Health insured

92.8%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

7.2%

±1.7 pp

54th of 75

With a disability

23.4%

±2.1 pp

25th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

17.5%

±2 pp

−8.2 pp vs AR · 33rd of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.9%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Malvern, Sheridan

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

22.52 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6