Jury Pool Profile

Ouachita County, Arkansas

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 22,317
Median household income: $49,838
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,328 55.2%
Black or African American alone 9,146 41.0%
Asian alone 53 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 93 0.4%
Two or more races 656 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 562 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 4,968 22.3%
18–24 1,688 7.6%
25–44 4,988 22.4%
45–64 5,956 26.7%
65 and over 4,717 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $862.9M; 0.46% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,303
Establishments: 568

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,090 29.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,627 23.1%
Manufacturing 1,094 15.5%
Construction 492 7.0%
Leisure & hospitality 484 6.9%
Public administration 357 5.1%
Professional & business services 332 4.7%
Financial activities 229 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 208 2.9%
Other services 114 1.6%
Information 31 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $714
Owner-occupied: 6,117
Renter-occupied: 2,473

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,626 votes cast

Republican 5,056 58.6%
Democratic 3,412 39.6%
Other / third-party 158 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 190 0.9%
Tagalog 27 0.1%
German 8 0.0%
Chinese 3 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,590
Family households: 5,522; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,578
Single-mother households: 867
Veterans: 1,434; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

108.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 16,511 72.9%
Black Protestant 6,082 26.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,573 6.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 189 0.8%
Catholic 132 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 26.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Camden, El Dorado, Fordyce, Hampton, Magnolia, Rison

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 34.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023