Jury Pool Profile
Prairie County, Arkansas
Republican +66 (2024)
- Population
- 8,162
- Median household income
- $51,094
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 6,910 84.7%
- Black or African American alone 857 10.5%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 67 0.8%
- Two or more races 321 3.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 179 2.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 45.8
- Under 18 1,649 20.2%
- 18–24 581 7.1%
- 25–44 1,724 21.1%
- 45–64 2,285 28.0%
- 65 and over 1,923 23.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- -0.19 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $267.4M
- 0.14% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $45,818
- Establishments
- 220
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 449 28.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 355 22.7%
- Public administration 152 9.7%
- Manufacturing 148 9.5%
- Natural resources & mining 144 9.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 78 5.0%
- Professional & business services 72 4.6%
- Construction 65 4.2%
- Information 1 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.1%
- Median gross rent
- $637
- Owner-occupied
- 2,480
- Renter-occupied
- 781
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 3,200 votes cast
- Republican 2,628 82.1%
- Democratic 524 16.4%
- Other / third-party 48 1.5%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 88 1.1%
- Slavic languages 26 0.3%
- German 6 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 3,261
- Family households
- 2,033
- 62.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,618
- Single-mother households
- 146
- Veterans
- 533
- 8.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
48.5% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 2,974 35.9%
- Mainline Protestant 805 9.7%
- Black Protestant 226 2.7%
- Catholic 10 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.0%
- With a disability
- 21.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 16.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 17th 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
- Des Arc, DeValls Bluff, Searcy
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 61.42 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023