Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Arkansas

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 16,775
Median household income: $41,215
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,702 75.7%
Black or African American alone 2,468 14.7%
Asian alone 54 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 86 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 257 1.5%
Two or more races 1,208 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 515 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 3,285 19.6%
18–24 1,518 9.0%
25–44 4,809 28.7%
45–64 4,162 24.8%
65 and over 3,001 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $988.0M; 0.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,233
Establishments: 418

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,194 23.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,070 20.9%
Manufacturing 915 17.8%
Public administration 747 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 340 6.6%
Natural resources & mining 287 5.6%
Construction 194 3.8%
Professional & business services 158 3.1%
Financial activities 139 2.7%
Information 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.3%
Median gross rent: $662
Owner-occupied: 3,978
Renter-occupied: 2,116

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,775 votes cast

Republican 3,509 73.5%
Democratic 1,183 24.8%
Other / third-party 83 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 105 0.7%
Other Indo-European 80 0.5%
Other 14 0.1%
German 8 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,094
Family households: 3,768; 61.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,387
Single-mother households: 450
Veterans: 752; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,191 42.9%
Mainline Protestant 806 4.8%
Black Protestant 692 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 138 0.8%
Catholic 50 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 24.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Ash Flat, Newport, Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 59.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023