Jury Pool Profile

Lafayette County, Arkansas

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 6,211
Median household income: $37,237
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,586 57.7%
Black or African American alone 2,226 35.8%
Asian alone 69 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 45 0.7%
Two or more races 273 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 49 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.5

Under 18 1,148 18.5%
18–24 568 9.1%
25–44 1,204 19.4%
45–64 1,715 27.6%
65 and over 1,576 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +1.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $221.3M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,224
Establishments: 163

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 335 31.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 203 18.9%
Public administration 120 11.2%
Construction 92 8.6%
Natural resources & mining 80 7.4%
Professional & business services 64 6.0%
Leisure & hospitality 47 4.4%
Financial activities 46 4.3%
Manufacturing 45 4.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.2%
Median gross rent: $711
Owner-occupied: 1,979
Renter-occupied: 585

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,325 votes cast

Republican 1,589 68.3%
Democratic 698 30.0%
Other / third-party 38 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Other Asian/Pacific 69 1.2%
Spanish 59 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,564
Family households: 1,595; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,086
Single-mother households: 110
Veterans: 436; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,009 31.8%
Black Protestant 990 15.7%
Mainline Protestant 468 7.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.4%
With a disability: 23.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Hope, Lewisville, Prescott, Texarkana

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 39.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023