Monroe County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,476 52.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 193 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,649 40.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 48 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 216 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%

• Under 18 1,552 23.6%
• 18–24 420 6.4%
• 25–44 1,300 19.7%
• 45–64 1,771 26.9%
• 65 and over 1,546 23.5%

Median household income

$43,257

90% interval $38,079–$48,435

−$18,889 vs AR · 71st of 75

Below poverty line

22.8%

90% interval 16.9%–28.7%

+7.5 pp vs AR · 9th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.8%

+1.57 pp vs. state

County GDP

$264.5M

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,273

Establishments

236

• Education & health services 538 31.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 447 25.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 209 12.0%
• Public administration 150 8.6%
• Natural resources & mining 95 5.5%
• Financial activities 79 4.5%
• Other services 40 2.3%
• Construction 16 0.9%
• Professional & business services 3 0.2%
• Information 2 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 90.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

62.6%

−3.8 pp vs AR · 63rd of 75

Median gross rent

$614

−$333 vs AR · 71st of 75

Owner-occupied

1,746

Renter-occupied

1,044

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $75,254/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Information, $17,652/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,385 56.9%
• Democratic 1,002 41.2%
• Other / third-party 46 1.9%

• Spanish 81 1.3%
• Chinese 24 0.4%
• Vietnamese 14 0.2%
• Tagalog 10 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2 0.0%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

2,790

Family households

1,456

52.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

228

15.7% of families

Single-mother families

198

13.6% of families

Veterans

327

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,040 44.7%
• Black Protestant 1,064 15.6%
• Mainline Protestant 538 7.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 76 1.1%
• Catholic 39 0.6%

Health insured

92.5%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±2.3 pp

51st of 75

With a disability

24.5%

±3.4 pp

18th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

12.7%

±3.4 pp

−13.0 pp vs AR · 67th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.6%

90% interval 9.2%–12.0% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

79.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3