Jury Pool Profile

Pulaski County, Arkansas

Democratic +22 (2024)

Population: 398,949
Median household income: $60,385
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 202,564 50.8%
Black or African American alone 146,981 36.8%
Asian alone 8,626 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,305 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 165 0.0%
Some other race alone 13,729 3.4%
Two or more races 25,579 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 32,722 8.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 93,455 23.4%
18–24 34,977 8.8%
25–44 109,607 27.5%
45–64 96,078 24.1%
65 and over 64,832 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $41.4B; 22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,505
Establishments: 14,314

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 71,042 27.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 58,924 22.5%
Professional & business services 35,008 13.4%
Leisure & hospitality 24,095 9.2%
Public administration 19,049 7.3%
Financial activities 17,715 6.8%
Manufacturing 13,299 5.1%
Construction 11,779 4.5%
Other services 6,856 2.6%
Information 3,051 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 814 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.7%
Median gross rent: $1,036
Owner-occupied: 97,857
Renter-occupied: 71,596

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 153,924 votes cast

Democratic 92,038 59.8%
Republican 57,977 37.7%
Other / third-party 3,909 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 23,397 6.3%
Other Indo-European 2,675 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,640 0.4%
Tagalog 1,136 0.3%
Chinese 1,083 0.3%
Other 1,053 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 902 0.2%
German 803 0.2%
Arabic 641 0.2%
Korean 615 0.2%
Vietnamese 489 0.1%
Slavic languages 324 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 169,453
Family households: 97,232; 57.4% of households
Married w/ children: 65,096
Single-mother households: 14,872
Veterans: 24,497; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 136,721 34.3%
Black Protestant 38,121 9.6%
Mainline Protestant 33,390 8.4%
Catholic 27,935 7.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,569 2.9%
Orthodox 705 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 17 (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: Little Rock, Perryville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 88; 28.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 85

NHTSA FARS 2023