Jury Pool Profile
Independence County, Arkansas
Republican +60 (2024)
- Population
- 38,120
- Median household income
- $56,009
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 32,371 84.9%
- Black or African American alone 612 1.6%
- Asian alone 354 0.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 190 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 216 0.6%
- Some other race alone 1,623 4.3%
- Two or more races 2,754 7.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,313 8.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39
- Under 18 9,216 24.2%
- 18–24 3,541 9.3%
- 25–44 9,055 23.8%
- 45–64 9,636 25.3%
- 65 and over 6,672 17.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.6%
- -0.54 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.6B
- 1.4% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,642
- Establishments
- 958
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 5,295 30.1%
- Manufacturing 3,670 20.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,996 17.0%
- Professional & business services 1,854 10.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,250 7.1%
- Construction 902 5.1%
- Financial activities 667 3.8%
- Public administration 340 1.9%
- Other services 287 1.6%
- Natural resources & mining 250 1.4%
- Information 99 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 67.6%
- Median gross rent
- $814
- Owner-occupied
- 9,816
- Renter-occupied
- 4,699
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 14,011 votes cast
- Republican 11,023 78.7%
- Democratic 2,689 19.2%
- Other / third-party 299 2.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,848 5.2%
- Other Asian/Pacific 163 0.5%
- German 49 0.1%
- Vietnamese 39 0.1%
- Tagalog 26 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
- Slavic languages 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 14,515
- Family households
- 10,009
- 69.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 7,887
- Single-mother households
- 619
- Veterans
- 2,066
- 7.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
73.1% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 22,818 60.1%
- Mainline Protestant 2,664 7.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 932 2.5%
- Catholic 775 2.0%
- Black Protestant 546 1.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 89.7%
- With a disability
- 19.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 16.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 16th 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
- Batesville, Heber Springs, Melbourne, Mountain View, Salem
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 7
- 24.22 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 7
NHTSA FARS 2023