Randolph County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,742 88.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 488 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 207 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 78 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 720 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 48 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 526 2.8%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 29 0.2%

• Under 18 4,613 24.5%
• 18–24 1,365 7.2%
• 25–44 4,607 24.5%
• 45–64 4,612 24.5%
• 65 and over 3,641 19.3%

Median household income

$54,352

90% interval $48,370–$60,334

−$7,794 vs AR · 37th of 75

Below poverty line

18.1%

90% interval 14.7%–21.5%

+2.8 pp vs AR · 36th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$728.7M

0.39% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,739

Establishments

400

• Manufacturing 1,936 30.2%
• Education & health services 1,847 28.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 927 14.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 452 7.0%
• Professional & business services 323 5.0%
• Public administration 249 3.9%
• Natural resources & mining 242 3.8%
• Other services 208 3.2%
• Financial activities 127 2.0%
• Construction 92 1.4%
• Information 15 0.2%

Home ownership

73.5%

+7.1 pp vs AR · 35th of 75

Median gross rent

$674

−$273 vs AR · 59th of 75

Owner-occupied

5,394

Renter-occupied

1,940

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% 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, $64,474/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,550/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 5,367 80.9%
• Democratic 1,138 17.1%
• Other / third-party 131 2.0%

• Spanish 159 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 85 0.5%
• Tagalog 25 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 23 0.1%
• Arabic 13 0.1%

Households

7,334

Family households

4,948

67.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,372

27.7% of families

Single-mother families

512

10.3% of families

Veterans

1,195

8.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,803 47.4%
• Catholic 696 3.7%
• Mainline Protestant 387 2.1%
• Black Protestant 376 2.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 357 1.9%

Health insured

92.8%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

7.2%

±1.6 pp

55th of 75

With a disability

24.6%

±2.7 pp

15th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

12.1%

±2.1 pp

−13.6 pp vs AR · 69th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.9%

90% interval 11.4%–14.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (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

Ash Flat, Newport, Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

7.03 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1