Jury Pool Profile

Stone County, Arkansas

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 12,474
Median household income: $38,531
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,305 90.6%
Black or African American alone 13 0.1%
Asian alone 44 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 95 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 209 1.7%
Two or more races 808 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 266 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.2

Under 18 2,500 20.0%
18–24 834 6.7%
25–44 2,400 19.2%
45–64 3,278 26.3%
65 and over 3,462 27.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +1.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $365.9M; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $37,476
Establishments: 288

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 842 31.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 621 23.4%
Leisure & hospitality 552 20.8%
Manufacturing 211 7.9%
Public administration 174 6.5%
Financial activities 139 5.2%
Professional & business services 45 1.7%
Construction 32 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 10 0.4%
Information 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.6%
Median gross rent: $717
Owner-occupied: 3,749
Renter-occupied: 1,213

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,030 votes cast

Republican 4,808 79.7%
Democratic 1,089 18.1%
Other / third-party 133 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

German 116 1.0%
Spanish 110 0.9%
Other Indo-European 24 0.2%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Korean 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,962
Family households: 3,009; 60.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,989
Single-mother households: 185
Veterans: 1,111; 11.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,252 34.4%
Black Protestant 1,200 9.7%
Mainline Protestant 434 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 373 3.0%
Catholic 96 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.9%
With a disability: 27.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Batesville, Heber Springs, Melbourne, Mountain View, Salem

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 30.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023