Jury Pool Profile

Miller County, Arkansas

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 42,588
Median household income: $49,983
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,768 67.5%
Black or African American alone 10,934 25.7%
Asian alone 325 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 316 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 823 1.9%
Two or more races 1,422 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,683 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 10,063 23.6%
18–24 3,654 8.6%
25–44 10,934 25.7%
45–64 10,782 25.3%
65 and over 7,155 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.97% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,579
Establishments: 908

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,885 23.5%
Manufacturing 2,410 19.6%
Education & health services 2,335 19.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,389 11.3%
Professional & business services 867 7.0%
Construction 720 5.9%
Public administration 653 5.3%
Financial activities 383 3.1%
Other services 287 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 234 1.9%
Information 137 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.3%
Median gross rent: $882
Owner-occupied: 10,657
Renter-occupied: 5,654

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,803 votes cast

Republican 11,842 74.9%
Democratic 3,769 23.8%
Other / third-party 192 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 618 1.5%
Vietnamese 69 0.2%
Korean 45 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
Other Indo-European 20 0.0%
Arabic 17 0.0%
German 12 0.0%
Other 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,311
Family households: 10,236; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 6,517
Single-mother households: 1,781
Veterans: 2,407; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,195 45.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,439 5.7%
Black Protestant 2,430 5.7%
Catholic 2,226 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 409 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 19.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

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: 9; 27.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023