Jury Pool Profile

Mississippi County, Missouri

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 12,079
Median household income: $46,258
Unemployment: 6.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,680 71.9%
Black or African American alone 2,743 22.7%
Asian alone 44 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2 0.0%
Two or more races 610 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 184 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 2,693 22.3%
18–24 855 7.1%
25–44 3,043 25.2%
45–64 3,275 27.1%
65 and over 2,213 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.1%; +2.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $425.5M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,184
Establishments: 402

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 831 27.0%
Education & health services 671 21.8%
Public administration 531 17.3%
Natural resources & mining 374 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 293 9.5%
Financial activities 184 6.0%
Other services 63 2.0%
Construction 28 0.9%
Information 12 0.4%
Professional & business services 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.9%
Median gross rent: $782
Owner-occupied: 2,775
Renter-occupied: 1,784

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,449 votes cast

Republican 3,404 76.5%
Democratic 1,015 22.8%
Other / third-party 30 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 167 1.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.1%
German 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,559
Family households: 2,969; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,911
Single-mother households: 465
Veterans: 467; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,082 32.5%
Mainline Protestant 826 6.6%
Black Protestant 692 5.5%
Catholic 264 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.9%
With a disability: 25.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 33rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Benton, Charleston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 21.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023