Jury Pool Profile

Mississippi County, Arkansas

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 39,749
Median household income: $53,428
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,846 57.5%
Black or African American alone 13,836 34.8%
Asian alone 168 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 55 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 524 1.3%
Two or more races 2,317 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,861 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.9

Under 18 10,393 26.1%
18–24 3,429 8.6%
25–44 10,095 25.4%
45–64 9,783 24.6%
65 and over 6,049 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.2B; 2.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $72,605
Establishments: 1,019

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,885 34.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,093 15.4%
Education & health services 2,676 13.3%
Construction 2,346 11.6%
Professional & business services 1,929 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,102 5.5%
Public administration 732 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 487 2.4%
Other services 449 2.2%
Financial activities 396 2.0%
Information 44 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.4%
Median gross rent: $797
Owner-occupied: 9,140
Renter-occupied: 6,241

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,717 votes cast

Republican 6,963 65.0%
Democratic 3,574 33.3%
Other / third-party 180 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,204 3.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 130 0.4%
German 54 0.1%
Other Indo-European 46 0.1%
Tagalog 8 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,381
Family households: 10,052; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,390
Single-mother households: 1,645
Veterans: 1,758; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,949 53.9%
Black Protestant 5,478 13.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,488 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 643 1.6%
Catholic 300 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 21.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Blytheville, Osceola, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Lake City, Marion, Paragould, Piggott, Corning

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Arkansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 30.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023