Jury Pool Profile

Poinsett County, Arkansas

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 22,740
Median household income: $47,188
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,300 84.9%
Black or African American alone 1,331 5.9%
Asian alone 5 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 139 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 202 0.9%
Two or more races 1,756 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 840 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 5,484 24.1%
18–24 1,801 7.9%
25–44 5,356 23.6%
45–64 5,925 26.1%
65 and over 4,174 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $886.1M; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,036
Establishments: 455

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,412 27.3%
Education & health services 1,335 25.9%
Manufacturing 718 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 435 8.4%
Public administration 295 5.7%
Professional & business services 275 5.3%
Natural resources & mining 260 5.0%
Financial activities 149 2.9%
Construction 124 2.4%
Information 8 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.7%
Median gross rent: $647
Owner-occupied: 5,750
Renter-occupied: 3,281

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,079 votes cast

Republican 5,731 81.0%
Democratic 1,235 17.4%
Other / third-party 113 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 442 2.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 61 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 17 0.1%
Tagalog 2 0.0%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,031
Family households: 5,461; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,770
Single-mother households: 667
Veterans: 1,003; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,005 65.3%
Black Protestant 922 4.0%
Mainline Protestant 914 4.0%
Catholic 140 0.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 107 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 24.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Blytheville, Osceola, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Lake City, Marion, Paragould, Piggott, Corning

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 23.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023