Van Buren County, Arkansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,659 91.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 551 3.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 68 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 63 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 546 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 105 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%

• Under 18 3,076 19.2%
• 18–24 972 6.1%
• 25–44 3,108 19.4%
• 45–64 4,505 28.2%
• 65 and over 4,337 27.1%

Median household income

$52,814

90% interval $46,886–$58,742

−$9,332 vs AR · 45th of 75

Below poverty line

16.7%

90% interval 13.2%–20.2%

+1.4 pp vs AR · 45th of 75

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$483.8M

0.26% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,691

Establishments

345

• Education & health services 1,174 31.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,140 30.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 235 6.3%
• Public administration 218 5.9%
• Professional & business services 198 5.3%
• Other services 172 4.6%
• Financial activities 146 3.9%
• Manufacturing 145 3.9%
• Construction 141 3.8%
• Natural resources & mining 84 2.3%
• Information 52 1.4%

Home ownership

77.9%

+11.5 pp vs AR · 19th of 75

Median gross rent

$722

−$225 vs AR · 48th of 75

Owner-occupied

5,788

Renter-occupied

1,644

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $55,134/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,904/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 328 2.1%
• Tagalog 30 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 28 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 27 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 14 0.1%

Households

7,432

Family households

4,894

65.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

975

19.9% of families

Single-mother families

373

7.6% of families

Veterans

1,429

11.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.8%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

8.2%

±1.8 pp

45th of 75

With a disability

24.6%

±2.4 pp

17th of 75

Bachelor's or higher

15.0%

±2.1 pp

−10.7 pp vs AR · 53rd of 75

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.1%

90% interval 10.7%–13.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

15.48 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2