Jury Pool Profile

Phillips County, Arkansas

Democratic +13 (2024)

Population: 15,910
Median household income: $38,874
Unemployment: 7.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,478 34.4%
Black or African American alone 9,777 61.5%
Asian alone 149 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 29 0.2%
Two or more races 471 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 305 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 4,257 26.8%
18–24 1,221 7.7%
25–44 3,367 21.2%
45–64 3,861 24.3%
65 and over 3,204 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.1%; +2.91 pp vs. state
County GDP: $677.6M; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,596
Establishments: 579

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,453 32.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,106 24.4%
Leisure & hospitality 422 9.3%
Manufacturing 354 7.8%
Natural resources & mining 335 7.4%
Professional & business services 233 5.1%
Public administration 212 4.7%
Financial activities 202 4.5%
Construction 111 2.4%
Other services 85 1.9%
Information 18 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 54.0%
Median gross rent: $756
Owner-occupied: 3,334
Renter-occupied: 2,845

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,938 votes cast

Democratic 2,754 55.8%
Republican 2,098 42.5%
Other / third-party 86 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Tagalog 91 0.6%
Chinese 58 0.4%
Spanish 51 0.3%
Other 19 0.1%
German 18 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,179
Family households: 3,869; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,083
Single-mother households: 905
Veterans: 687; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,187 31.3%
Black Protestant 2,690 16.2%
Mainline Protestant 653 3.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 568 3.4%
Catholic 80 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 22.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.5%

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; 60.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023