Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Arkansas

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 6,681
Median household income: $43,955
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,570 53.4%
Black or African American alone 2,687 40.2%
Asian alone 66 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 6 0.1%
Two or more races 352 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 189 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 1,544 23.1%
18–24 405 6.1%
25–44 1,372 20.5%
45–64 1,806 27.0%
65 and over 1,554 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +1.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $264.5M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,633
Establishments: 232

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 521 29.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 469 26.6%
Leisure & hospitality 225 12.8%
Public administration 152 8.6%
Manufacturing 98 5.6%
Natural resources & mining 86 4.9%
Financial activities 80 4.5%
Construction 47 2.7%
Other services 43 2.4%
Professional & business services 3 0.2%
Information 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.7%
Median gross rent: $603
Owner-occupied: 1,851
Renter-occupied: 968

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,433 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Chinese 46 0.7%
Spanish 41 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.3%
Vietnamese 14 0.2%
Tagalog 6 0.1%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,819
Family households: 1,509; 53.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,006
Single-mother households: 240
Veterans: 426; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.0% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.0%
With a disability: 23.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

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: 7; 136.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023