Scott County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,159 83.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 777 7.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 110 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 297 3.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 419 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 49 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,218 22.6%
• 18–24 760 7.7%
• 25–44 2,226 22.7%
• 45–64 2,634 26.8%
• 65 and over 1,978 20.2%

Median household income

$48,770

90% interval $43,079–$54,461

−$13,376 vs AR · 60th of 75

Below poverty line

20.3%

90% interval 16.2%–24.4%

+5.0 pp vs AR · 22nd of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$505.2M

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$40,179

Establishments

183

• Manufacturing 1,186 39.8%
• Education & health services 717 24.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 343 11.5%
• Professional & business services 193 6.5%
• Public administration 184 6.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 174 5.8%

The sectors listed cover 93.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.1%

+11.7 pp vs AR · 17th of 75

Median gross rent

$722

−$225 vs AR · 47th of 75

Owner-occupied

3,112

Renter-occupied

873

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 75% 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 (Public administration, $49,793/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,351/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 2,913 86.1%
• Democratic 425 12.6%
• Other / third-party 46 1.4%

• Spanish 477 5.1%
• Vietnamese 143 1.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 44 0.5%
• Tagalog 34 0.4%

Households

3,985

Family households

2,522

63.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

544

21.6% of families

Single-mother families

203

8.0% of families

Veterans

583

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,544 46.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 555 5.6%
• Catholic 225 2.3%
• Mainline Protestant 138 1.4%

Health insured

88.7%

±3 pp

Uninsured

11.3%

±3 pp

9th of 75

With a disability

19.7%

±3.5 pp

51st of 75

Bachelor's or higher

13.0%

±3.6 pp

−12.7 pp vs AR · 64th of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 9.0%–11.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

15th 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

Booneville, Paris, Dardanelle, Danville, Morrilton, Waldron

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

52.65 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4