Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Arkansas

Democratic +20 (2024)

Population: 65,780
Median household income: $48,552
Unemployment: 6.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,710 37.6%
Black or African American alone 37,023 56.3%
Asian alone 484 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 214 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 284 0.4%
Some other race alone 907 1.4%
Two or more races 2,158 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,631 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 14,222 21.6%
18–24 6,609 10.0%
25–44 16,429 25.0%
45–64 16,585 25.2%
65 and over 11,935 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.1%; +1.97 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.5B; 1.84% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,569
Establishments: 1,655

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,781 26.9%
Manufacturing 4,105 16.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,047 16.0%
Public administration 3,390 13.4%
Leisure & hospitality 2,688 10.7%
Professional & business services 1,931 7.7%
Financial activities 848 3.4%
Construction 824 3.3%
Other services 376 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 166 0.7%
Information 79 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.2%
Median gross rent: $849
Owner-occupied: 15,382
Renter-occupied: 8,952

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,608 votes cast

Democratic 12,802 59.2%
Republican 8,468 39.2%
Other / third-party 338 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,258 2.0%
Other Indo-European 386 0.6%
Tagalog 137 0.2%
Other 96 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 68 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.1%
Arabic 29 0.0%
Korean 15 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,334
Family households: 15,126; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 8,985
Single-mother households: 2,060
Veterans: 3,390; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 27,928 41.5%
Black Protestant 14,432 21.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,037 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,073 1.6%
Catholic 291 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 19.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th 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: Pine Bluff, Star City, Stuttgart, DeWitt

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 34.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023