Jury Pool Profile

Yell County, Arkansas

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 20,195
Median household income: $58,870
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,971 79.1%
Black or African American alone 349 1.7%
Asian alone 261 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 108 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,642 13.1%
Two or more races 864 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,214 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 4,873 24.1%
18–24 1,563 7.7%
25–44 4,782 23.7%
45–64 5,432 26.9%
65 and over 3,545 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $895.4M; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,516
Establishments: 411

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,358 36.0%
Education & health services 1,564 23.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 823 12.6%
Professional & business services 464 7.1%
Leisure & hospitality 302 4.6%
Public administration 246 3.8%
Financial activities 171 2.6%
Other services 74 1.1%
Information 64 1.0%
Construction 31 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.5%
Median gross rent: $653
Owner-occupied: 5,437
Renter-occupied: 2,616

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,477 votes cast

Republican 5,147 79.5%
Democratic 1,213 18.7%
Other / third-party 117 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

80.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,244 17.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 203 1.1%
German 177 0.9%
Other Indo-European 15 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,053
Family households: 5,550; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,060
Single-mother households: 401
Veterans: 854; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,289 31.0%
Mainline Protestant 909 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 649 3.2%
Catholic 640 3.2%
Black Protestant 326 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th 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: Booneville, Paris, Dardanelle, Danville, Morrilton, Waldron

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 19.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023