Jury Pool Profile

Perry County, Arkansas

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 10,073
Median household income: $60,078
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,242 91.8%
Black or African American alone 179 1.8%
Asian alone 41 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 60 0.6%
Two or more races 531 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 332 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

Under 18 2,200 21.8%
18–24 635 6.3%
25–44 2,349 23.3%
45–64 2,822 28.0%
65 and over 2,067 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $265.7M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,605
Establishments: 152

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 423 40.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 212 20.4%
Public administration 114 11.0%
Construction 79 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 68 6.6%
Professional & business services 41 3.9%
Manufacturing 27 2.6%
Other services 25 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 13 1.3%
Information 8 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.4%
Median gross rent: $734
Owner-occupied: 2,971
Renter-occupied: 869

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,584 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 86 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.1%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,840
Family households: 2,792; 72.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,213
Single-mother households: 157
Veterans: 849; 10.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.5% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 22.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023