Jury Pool Profile

Van Buren County, Arkansas

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 15,936
Median household income: $47,266
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,810 92.9%
Black or African American alone 101 0.6%
Asian alone 63 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 122 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.1%
Some other race alone 262 1.6%
Two or more races 568 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 533 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.6

Under 18 3,047 19.1%
18–24 1,001 6.3%
25–44 3,016 18.9%
45–64 4,613 28.9%
65 and over 4,259 26.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.95 pp vs. state
County GDP: $483.8M; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,889
Establishments: 350

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,147 30.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,146 30.1%
Leisure & hospitality 271 7.1%
Public administration 232 6.1%
Professional & business services 208 5.5%
Other services 173 4.5%
Construction 168 4.4%
Manufacturing 158 4.2%
Financial activities 150 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 104 2.7%
Information 46 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.0%
Median gross rent: $727
Owner-occupied: 5,551
Renter-occupied: 1,564

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,621 votes cast

Republican 6,023 79.0%
Democratic 1,437 18.9%
Other / third-party 161 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 372 2.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 81 0.5%
Tagalog 41 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
German 7 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,115
Family households: 4,754; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,439
Single-mother households: 481
Veterans: 1,299; 10.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,231 39.4%
Mainline Protestant 747 4.7%
Black Protestant 576 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 444 2.8%
Catholic 371 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 26.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th 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: Clinton, Conway, Marshall

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023