Jury Pool Profile

Pemiscot County, Missouri

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 15,232
Median household income: $40,748
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,096 66.3%
Black or African American alone 3,795 24.9%
Asian alone 30 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 213 1.4%
Two or more races 1,074 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 457 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 3,966 26.0%
18–24 1,294 8.5%
25–44 3,453 22.7%
45–64 3,812 25.0%
65 and over 2,707 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +2.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $610.6M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,855
Establishments: 914

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,049 42.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 950 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 502 10.4%
Public administration 297 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 216 4.5%
Financial activities 145 3.0%
Professional & business services 92 1.9%
Construction 29 0.6%
Information 7 0.1%
Other services 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.7%
Median gross rent: $708
Owner-occupied: 3,595
Renter-occupied: 2,636

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,270 votes cast

Republican 3,917 74.3%
Democratic 1,331 25.3%
Other / third-party 22 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 351 2.5%
Other Indo-European 113 0.8%
Other 41 0.3%
German 37 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,231
Family households: 3,903; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,260
Single-mother households: 668
Veterans: 784; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,978 50.9%
Black Protestant 870 5.6%
Mainline Protestant 825 5.3%
Catholic 144 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.0%
With a disability: 23.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 34th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
Court seats: Caruthersville, New Madrid

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 71.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023