Jury Pool Profile

Howard County, Arkansas

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 12,701
Median household income: $44,492
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,176 64.4%
Black or African American alone 2,642 20.8%
Asian alone 75 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,063 8.4%
Two or more races 711 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,559 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

Under 18 3,290 25.9%
18–24 999 7.9%
25–44 3,178 25.0%
45–64 2,904 22.9%
65 and over 2,330 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $908.5M; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,784
Establishments: 338

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,604 42.4%
Education & health services 1,337 21.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 856 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 323 5.3%
Public administration 244 4.0%
Construction 194 3.2%
Professional & business services 170 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 152 2.5%
Financial activities 136 2.2%
Information 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $702
Owner-occupied: 3,680
Renter-occupied: 1,489

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,473 votes cast

Republican 3,246 72.6%
Democratic 1,158 25.9%
Other / third-party 69 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,234 10.4%
German 305 2.6%
Chinese 48 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,169
Family households: 3,519; 68.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,283
Single-mother households: 497
Veterans: 549; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,818 45.5%
Black Protestant 1,132 8.9%
Mainline Protestant 565 4.4%
Catholic 270 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Arkadelphia, Ashdown, De Queen, Murfreesboro, Nashville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 42.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023