Perry County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,028 89.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 353 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 312 3.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 356 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 40 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,202 21.8%
• 18–24 661 6.5%
• 25–44 2,334 23.1%
• 45–64 2,774 27.5%
• 65 and over 2,130 21.1%

Median household income

$59,602

90% interval $52,422–$66,782

−$2,544 vs AR · 18th of 75

Below poverty line

14.8%

90% interval 11.5%–18.1%

−0.5 pp vs AR · 57th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$265.7M

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,040

Establishments

169

• Education & health services 431 40.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 230 21.4%
• Public administration 111 10.3%
• Construction 81 7.5%
• Professional & business services 46 4.3%
• Other services 27 2.5%
• Information 8 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 86.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.4%

+14.0 pp vs AR · 8th of 75

Median gross rent

$805

−$142 vs AR · 26th of 75

Owner-occupied

3,291

Renter-occupied

803

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% 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.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.4× the lowest ($49,776 vs $35,485/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 3,559 77.6%
• Democratic 923 20.1%
• Other / third-party 102 2.2%

• Spanish 155 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%
• Tagalog 2 0.0%

Households

4,094

Family households

2,785

68.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

626

22.5% of families

Single-mother families

166

6.0% of families

Veterans

789

10% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,381 33.7%
• Catholic 563 5.6%
• Mainline Protestant 375 3.7%
• Black Protestant 300 3.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 143 1.4%

Health insured

90.8%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

9.2%

±2.3 pp

28th of 75

With a disability

21.1%

±2.7 pp

42nd of 75

Bachelor's or higher

16.5%

±3.3 pp

−9.2 pp vs AR · 40th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.6%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

17 (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

Little Rock, Perryville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

37.98 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3