Jury Pool Profile

Saline County, Arkansas

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 125,724
Median household income: $76,534
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 103,194 82.1%
Black or African American alone 10,593 8.4%
Asian alone 1,330 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 299 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,069 2.4%
Two or more races 7,239 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,776 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 29,379 23.4%
18–24 9,228 7.3%
25–44 32,802 26.1%
45–64 31,480 25.0%
65 and over 22,835 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.77 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.0B; 2.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,454
Establishments: 2,457

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,779 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,261 22.8%
Leisure & hospitality 3,987 14.5%
Construction 2,769 10.1%
Professional & business services 2,156 7.8%
Manufacturing 1,471 5.3%
Financial activities 976 3.5%
Public administration 957 3.5%
Other services 906 3.3%
Information 187 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 53 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $980
Owner-occupied: 37,905
Renter-occupied: 11,684

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 57,609 votes cast

Republican 39,736 69.0%
Democratic 16,609 28.8%
Other / third-party 1,264 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,161 5.2%
Vietnamese 343 0.3%
Korean 253 0.2%
Other Indo-European 210 0.2%
German 156 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 139 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 121 0.1%
Slavic languages 52 0.0%
Chinese 46 0.0%
Tagalog 32 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 49,589
Family households: 34,727; 70.0% of households
Married w/ children: 27,525
Single-mother households: 2,628
Veterans: 8,247; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 31,951 25.9%
Mainline Protestant 5,587 4.5%
Black Protestant 5,080 4.1%
Catholic 1,916 1.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 755 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Benton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 20.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023