Phillips County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,082 32.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 320 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9,306 60.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 167 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 548 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 23 0.1%

• Under 18 4,054 26.2%
• 18–24 1,208 7.8%
• 25–44 3,306 21.4%
• 45–64 3,682 23.8%
• 65 and over 3,200 20.7%

Median household income

$38,969

90% interval $34,263–$43,675

−$23,177 vs AR · 74th of 75

Below poverty line

35.8%

90% interval 29.1%–42.5%

+20.5 pp vs AR · 2nd of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

7.5%

+3.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$677.6M

0.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,761

Establishments

578

• Education & health services 1,405 32.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,080 24.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 400 9.2%
• Manufacturing 360 8.3%
• Financial activities 201 4.6%
• Public administration 199 4.6%
• Professional & business services 197 4.5%
• Construction 11 0.3%
• Information 6 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 89.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

51.2%

−15.2 pp vs AR · 75th of 75

Median gross rent

$737

−$210 vs AR · 41st of 75

Owner-occupied

3,083

Renter-occupied

2,940

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $56,078/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,491/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Tagalog 103 0.7%
• Chinese 64 0.4%
• Spanish 33 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 28 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 14 0.1%

Households

6,023

Family households

3,615

60.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

430

11.9% of families

Single-mother families

901

24.9% of families

Veterans

626

5.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.4%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±2.1 pp

49th of 75

With a disability

24.9%

±3.2 pp

13th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

15.0%

±2.6 pp

−10.7 pp vs AR · 51st of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.5%–11.1% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

8.78 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1