Jury Pool Profile

White County, Arkansas

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 77,395
Median household income: $53,435
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 67,988 87.8%
Black or African American alone 3,410 4.4%
Asian alone 526 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 135 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 795 1.0%
Two or more races 4,541 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,693 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 18,060 23.3%
18–24 8,378 10.8%
25–44 18,686 24.1%
45–64 19,454 25.1%
65 and over 12,817 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.3B; 1.76% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,050
Establishments: 1,804

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,693 29.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,671 25.5%
Leisure & hospitality 3,125 11.9%
Manufacturing 2,558 9.8%
Construction 1,719 6.6%
Professional & business services 1,512 5.8%
Financial activities 950 3.6%
Public administration 718 2.7%
Other services 609 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 477 1.8%
Information 137 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.2%
Median gross rent: $806
Owner-occupied: 19,751
Renter-occupied: 9,194

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,837 votes cast

Republican 24,514 79.5%
Democratic 5,641 18.3%
Other / third-party 682 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,411 3.3%
German 120 0.2%
Chinese 92 0.1%
Other Indo-European 87 0.1%
Tagalog 82 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 66 0.1%
Slavic languages 48 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.0%
Arabic 24 0.0%
Korean 20 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 28,945
Family households: 19,832; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 14,762
Single-mother households: 1,998
Veterans: 4,468; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 41,946 54.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,373 4.4%
Black Protestant 2,899 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,562 2.0%
Catholic 1,375 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.3%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th 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: Des Arc, DeValls Bluff, Searcy

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 30.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023