Jury Pool Profile

Sevier County, Arkansas

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 15,797
Median household income: $51,641
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,277 58.7%
Black or African American alone 790 5.0%
Asian alone 46 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 357 2.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 205 1.3%
Some other race alone 3,990 25.3%
Two or more races 1,132 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,538 35.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.8

Under 18 4,524 28.6%
18–24 1,675 10.6%
25–44 3,705 23.5%
45–64 3,639 23.0%
65 and over 2,254 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $758.0M; 0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,390
Establishments: 320

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,327 26.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 774 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 325 6.6%
Public administration 264 5.3%
Professional & business services 196 4.0%
Financial activities 183 3.7%
Construction 179 3.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.3%
Median gross rent: $725
Owner-occupied: 3,720
Renter-occupied: 1,977

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,714 votes cast

Republican 3,772 80.0%
Democratic 862 18.3%
Other / third-party 80 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

67.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,483 30.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 177 1.2%
Vietnamese 43 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.1%
German 8 0.1%
Other 7 0.0%
Other Indo-European 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,697
Family households: 3,907; 68.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,942
Single-mother households: 374
Veterans: 591; 5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,219 39.3%
Catholic 2,995 18.9%
Black Protestant 1,022 6.5%
Mainline Protestant 551 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 391 2.5%
Orthodox 30 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.1%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: Arkadelphia, Ashdown, De Queen, Murfreesboro, Nashville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 53.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023