Jury Pool Profile

Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 33,142
Median household income: $52,644
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,455 82.8%
Black or African American alone 3,823 11.5%
Asian alone 10 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 129 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 211 0.6%
Two or more races 1,514 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,323 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 6,499 19.6%
18–24 2,651 8.0%
25–44 8,490 25.6%
45–64 8,961 27.0%
65 and over 6,541 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.84% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,229
Establishments: 621

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,780 22.3%
Education & health services 1,764 22.1%
Manufacturing 1,526 19.1%
Leisure & hospitality 849 10.7%
Public administration 815 10.2%
Professional & business services 420 5.3%
Construction 242 3.0%
Financial activities 211 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 162 2.0%
Other services 154 1.9%
Information 45 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.4%
Median gross rent: $763
Owner-occupied: 9,363
Renter-occupied: 2,738

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,283 votes cast

Republican 9,226 75.1%
Democratic 2,818 22.9%
Other / third-party 239 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 829 2.6%
Other Indo-European 49 0.2%
German 31 0.1%
Chinese 21 0.1%
Slavic languages 18 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,101
Family households: 8,372; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,481
Single-mother households: 424
Veterans: 2,215; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 25.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 48.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023