Jury Pool Profile

Little River County, Arkansas

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 11,959
Median household income: $52,241
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,723 72.9%
Black or African American alone 2,340 19.6%
Asian alone 19 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 120 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 125 1.0%
Two or more races 632 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 445 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 2,661 22.3%
18–24 841 7.0%
25–44 2,901 24.3%
45–64 3,022 25.3%
65 and over 2,534 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $715.0M; 0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,053
Establishments: 234

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 910 29.5%
Education & health services 741 24.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 656 21.3%
Leisure & hospitality 253 8.2%
Public administration 150 4.9%
Professional & business services 147 4.8%
Financial activities 73 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 51 1.7%
Construction 44 1.4%
Information 5 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.0%
Median gross rent: $812
Owner-occupied: 3,832
Renter-occupied: 958

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,899 votes cast

Republican 3,744 76.4%
Democratic 1,084 22.1%
Other / third-party 71 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 111 1.0%
German 29 0.3%
Other Indo-European 6 0.1%
Tagalog 5 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,790
Family households: 3,152; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,108
Single-mother households: 363
Veterans: 616; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,227 51.8%
Black Protestant 810 6.7%
Mainline Protestant 742 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 176 1.5%
Catholic 104 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Arkadelphia, Ashdown, De Queen, Murfreesboro, Nashville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 75.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023