Jury Pool Profile

Sharp County, Arkansas

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 17,597
Median household income: $42,950
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,259 92.4%
Black or African American alone 107 0.6%
Asian alone 99 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 169 1.0%
Two or more races 937 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 409 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.5

Under 18 3,636 20.7%
18–24 1,210 6.9%
25–44 3,467 19.7%
45–64 4,804 27.3%
65 and over 4,480 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $579.8M; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $38,491
Establishments: 405

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,494 37.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 879 22.2%
Leisure & hospitality 440 11.1%
Manufacturing 292 7.4%
Public administration 271 6.9%
Financial activities 196 5.0%
Construction 133 3.4%
Professional & business services 111 2.8%
Other services 84 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 33 0.8%
Information 21 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.6%
Median gross rent: $648
Owner-occupied: 5,418
Renter-occupied: 1,392

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,437 votes cast

Republican 5,978 80.4%
Democratic 1,316 17.7%
Other / third-party 143 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 129 0.8%
Other Indo-European 24 0.1%
German 22 0.1%
Slavic languages 21 0.1%
Tagalog 21 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 17 0.1%
Korean 12 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,810
Family households: 4,441; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,409
Single-mother households: 415
Veterans: 1,349; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,752 50.7%
Black Protestant 920 5.3%
Mainline Protestant 765 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 619 3.6%
Catholic 264 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 24.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 28.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023