Jury Pool Profile

Union County, Arkansas

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 38,368
Median household income: $50,221
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,789 62.0%
Black or African American alone 12,432 32.4%
Asian alone 319 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 191 0.5%
Two or more races 1,596 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,751 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 9,198 24.0%
18–24 2,964 7.7%
25–44 9,120 23.8%
45–64 9,832 25.6%
65 and over 7,254 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.4B; 1.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,648
Establishments: 1,165

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,524 21.4%
Education & health services 3,326 20.2%
Manufacturing 2,792 17.0%
Professional & business services 2,077 12.6%
Construction 1,433 8.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,399 8.5%
Financial activities 549 3.3%
Public administration 538 3.3%
Other services 413 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 330 2.0%
Information 68 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.9%
Median gross rent: $825
Owner-occupied: 11,031
Renter-occupied: 4,094

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,448 votes cast

Republican 10,196 66.0%
Democratic 5,019 32.5%
Other / third-party 233 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,229 3.4%
Chinese 168 0.5%
Other Indo-European 68 0.2%
Korean 34 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 27 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,125
Family households: 9,017; 59.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,339
Single-mother households: 991
Veterans: 2,211; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

82.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,379 49.6%
Black Protestant 8,778 22.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,223 5.7%
Catholic 1,121 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 621 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Camden, El Dorado, Fordyce, Hampton, Magnolia, Rison

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 20.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023