Jury Pool Profile

Pope County, Arkansas

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 63,830
Median household income: $54,606
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 53,984 84.6%
Black or African American alone 1,499 2.3%
Asian alone 636 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 747 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 38 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,399 3.8%
Two or more races 4,527 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,783 10.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

Under 18 14,797 23.2%
18–24 7,533 11.8%
25–44 15,893 24.9%
45–64 15,315 24.0%
65 and over 10,292 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.2B; 2.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,324
Establishments: 1,765

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 6,061 22.6%
Education & health services 5,870 21.9%
Manufacturing 5,009 18.7%
Leisure & hospitality 3,092 11.5%
Professional & business services 2,132 7.9%
Construction 1,707 6.4%
Financial activities 851 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 716 2.7%
Public administration 611 2.3%
Other services 600 2.2%
Information 204 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $855
Owner-occupied: 17,148
Renter-occupied: 6,925

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,191 votes cast

Republican 18,118 74.9%
Democratic 5,487 22.7%
Other / third-party 586 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,637 7.7%
Chinese 197 0.3%
Vietnamese 169 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 164 0.3%
Other Indo-European 135 0.2%
German 92 0.2%
Korean 90 0.2%
Other 20 0.0%
Tagalog 12 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,073
Family households: 15,970; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 12,070
Single-mother households: 1,427
Veterans: 3,583; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 24,559 38.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,923 6.2%
Catholic 1,610 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,072 1.7%
Black Protestant 820 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Clarksville, Ozark, Charleston, Russellville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 32.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023