Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, Arkansas

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 8,571
Median household income: $49,015
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,797 91.0%
Black or African American alone 76 0.9%
Asian alone 82 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 130 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 164 1.9%
Two or more races 322 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 410 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.8

Under 18 1,558 18.2%
18–24 507 5.9%
25–44 1,689 19.7%
45–64 2,503 29.2%
65 and over 2,314 27.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $209.0M; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $36,741
Establishments: 185

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 335 26.3%
Leisure & hospitality 281 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 237 18.6%
Public administration 138 10.8%
Construction 94 7.4%
Manufacturing 55 4.3%
Financial activities 47 3.7%
Other services 34 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 27 2.1%
Professional & business services 7 0.5%
Information 4 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $734
Owner-occupied: 2,959
Renter-occupied: 793

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,707 votes cast

Republican 2,987 80.6%
Democratic 645 17.4%
Other / third-party 75 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 166 2.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 59 0.7%
Tagalog 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,752
Family households: 2,690; 71.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,098
Single-mother households: 204
Veterans: 650; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,243 38.2%
Mainline Protestant 386 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 90 1.1%
Catholic 45 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.8%
With a disability: 28.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Hot Springs, Mena, Mount Ida

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 28.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023