Polk County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,704 86.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,352 7.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,042 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 141 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 34 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 47 0.2%

• Under 18 4,360 22.5%
• 18–24 1,469 7.6%
• 25–44 3,972 20.5%
• 45–64 5,161 26.7%
• 65 and over 4,399 22.7%

Median household income

$47,544

90% interval $42,671–$52,417

−$14,602 vs AR · 66th of 75

Below poverty line

17.7%

90% interval 14.1%–21.3%

+2.4 pp vs AR · 38th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.45 pp vs. state

County GDP

$860.2M

0.46% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,000

Establishments

509

• Education & health services 1,572 27.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,258 21.8%
• Manufacturing 1,204 20.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 485 8.4%
• Public administration 271 4.7%
• Financial activities 219 3.8%
• Construction 215 3.7%
• Professional & business services 181 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 176 3.1%
• Other services 148 2.6%
• Information 30 0.5%

Home ownership

78.9%

+12.5 pp vs AR · 13th of 75

Median gross rent

$711

−$236 vs AR · 51st of 75

Owner-occupied

6,232

Renter-occupied

1,666

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $63,743/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,233/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 6,987 84.3%
• Democratic 1,145 13.8%
• Other / third-party 156 1.9%

• Spanish 789 4.3%
• German or other West Germanic 133 0.7%
• Tagalog 9 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%

Households

7,898

Family households

4,943

62.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,233

24.9% of families

Single-mother families

295

6.0% of families

Veterans

1,286

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,532 44.4%
• Mainline Protestant 613 3.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 521 2.7%
• Catholic 467 2.4%
• Black Protestant 226 1.2%

Health insured

91.0%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±1.7 pp

30th of 75

With a disability

21.7%

±2.1 pp

38th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

17.8%

±2.8 pp

−7.9 pp vs AR · 32nd of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.7%

90% interval 11.3%–14.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

18th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

7 (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

Hot Springs, Mena, Mount Ida

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

53.33 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8