Jury Pool Profile

Sebastian County, Arkansas

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 128,448
Median household income: $56,450
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 88,914 69.2%
Black or African American alone 7,366 5.7%
Asian alone 5,602 4.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,040 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 157 0.1%
Some other race alone 12,821 10.0%
Two or more races 12,548 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,023 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38

Under 18 30,710 23.9%
18–24 11,305 8.8%
25–44 33,100 25.8%
45–64 31,826 24.8%
65 and over 21,507 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.3B; 4.91% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,173
Establishments: 3,751

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 16,376 24.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,081 20.8%
Manufacturing 12,904 19.1%
Professional & business services 7,550 11.2%
Leisure & hospitality 6,631 9.8%
Construction 3,223 4.8%
Financial activities 2,471 3.7%
Public administration 2,020 3.0%
Other services 1,224 1.8%
Information 970 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 214 0.3%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.2%
Median gross rent: $854
Owner-occupied: 31,802
Renter-occupied: 20,149

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 45,452 votes cast

Republican 30,719 67.6%
Democratic 13,652 30.0%
Other / third-party 1,081 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,525 11.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,511 2.1%
Vietnamese 1,643 1.4%
German 320 0.3%
Other Indo-European 277 0.2%
Tagalog 162 0.1%
Other 156 0.1%
Arabic 115 0.1%
Slavic languages 107 0.1%
Korean 47 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 24 0.0%
Chinese 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 51,951
Family households: 33,371; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 24,030
Single-mother households: 3,958
Veterans: 7,956; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 53,524 41.9%
Catholic 12,144 9.5%
Mainline Protestant 8,005 6.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,132 4.0%
Black Protestant 1,230 1.0%
Orthodox 80 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.5%
With a disability: 22.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (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: Fort Smith, Greenwood

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 20.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023