Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, Arkansas

Democratic +4 (2024)

Population: 8,511
Median household income: $36,860
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,401 40.0%
Black or African American alone 4,658 54.7%
Asian alone 9 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 65 0.8%
Two or more races 378 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 249 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 1,640 19.3%
18–24 826 9.7%
25–44 2,172 25.5%
45–64 2,170 25.5%
65 and over 1,703 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +2.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $244.8M; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,972
Establishments: 212

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 433 26.7%
Public administration 432 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 342 21.1%
Natural resources & mining 163 10.0%
Financial activities 82 5.1%
Leisure & hospitality 77 4.7%
Professional & business services 45 2.8%
Construction 23 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.2%
Median gross rent: $638
Owner-occupied: 1,617
Renter-occupied: 1,024

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,520 votes cast

Democratic 1,270 50.4%
Republican 1,181 46.9%
Other / third-party 69 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 53 0.7%
German 46 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,641
Family households: 1,632; 61.8% of households
Married w/ children: 860
Single-mother households: 443
Veterans: 310; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,186 60.3%
Black Protestant 940 10.9%
Mainline Protestant 373 4.3%
Catholic 20 0.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 25.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Augusta, Clarendon, Forrest City, Helena, Marianna, Wynne

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 58.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023