Jury Pool Profile

Pike County, Arkansas

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 10,182
Median household income: $51,000
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,942 87.8%
Black or African American alone 392 3.8%
Asian alone 18 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 273 2.7%
Two or more races 544 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 801 7.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 2,269 22.3%
18–24 822 8.1%
25–44 2,324 22.8%
45–64 2,679 26.3%
65 and over 2,088 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $401.3M; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,635
Establishments: 269

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 581 22.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 521 20.0%
Manufacturing 407 15.6%
Leisure & hospitality 323 12.4%
Financial activities 224 8.6%
Public administration 173 6.6%
Professional & business services 111 4.3%
Natural resources & mining 106 4.1%
Construction 63 2.4%
Other services 61 2.3%
Information 33 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.9%
Median gross rent: $671
Owner-occupied: 3,126
Renter-occupied: 994

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,358 votes cast

Republican 3,746 86.0%
Democratic 560 12.8%
Other / third-party 52 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 524 5.4%
Other Indo-European 10 0.1%
Vietnamese 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,120
Family households: 2,688; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,224
Single-mother households: 189
Veterans: 749; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,269 42.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 576 5.7%
Black Protestant 434 4.3%
Mainline Protestant 368 3.6%
Catholic 150 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.5%
With a disability: 21.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Arkadelphia, Ashdown, De Queen, Murfreesboro, Nashville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 88.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023