Lawrence County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,897 91.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 362 2.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 151 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 769 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%

• Under 18 3,624 22.3%
• 18–24 1,668 10.3%
• 25–44 3,741 23.0%
• 45–64 4,128 25.4%
• 65 and over 3,077 18.9%

Median household income

$51,374

90% interval $45,453–$57,295

−$10,772 vs AR · 50th of 75

Below poverty line

21.2%

90% interval 17.3%–25.1%

+5.9 pp vs AR · 16th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0 pp vs. state

County GDP

$559.4M

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,290

Establishments

432

• Education & health services 1,422 34.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,010 24.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 347 8.4%
• Manufacturing 315 7.6%
• Public administration 280 6.8%
• Natural resources & mining 194 4.7%
• Construction 181 4.4%
• Professional & business services 4 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 90.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.6%

+0.2 pp vs AR · 53rd of 75

Median gross rent

$697

−$250 vs AR · 54th of 75

Owner-occupied

4,401

Renter-occupied

2,212

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $74,970/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,670/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,608 81.0%
• Democratic 965 17.0%
• Other / third-party 119 2.1%

• Spanish 202 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 56 0.4%
• Tagalog 12 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%
• Arabic 3 0.0%

Households

6,613

Family households

4,425

66.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,166

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

515

11.6% of families

Veterans

754

6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,865 42.3%
• Black Protestant 1,364 8.4%
• Mainline Protestant 705 4.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 117 0.7%
• Catholic 50 0.3%

Health insured

88.5%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

11.5%

±1.9 pp

7th of 75

With a disability

24.2%

±2.1 pp

20th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

14.5%

±2.1 pp

−11.2 pp vs AR · 58th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.6%

90% interval 10.3%–12.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

71.35 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9