Alcorn County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,314 79.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,308 3.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,486 10.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 162 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,901 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 29 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 53 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 36 0.1%

• Under 18 7,661 22.3%
• 18–24 2,696 7.9%
• 25–44 8,546 24.9%
• 45–64 8,881 25.9%
• 65 and over 6,505 19.0%

Median household income

$54,635

90% interval $49,135–$60,135

−$4,666 vs MS · 29th of 82

Below poverty line

15.4%

90% interval 12.0%–18.8%

−2.4 pp vs MS · 72nd of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.42 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

1.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,130

Establishments

824

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,357 25.2%
• Manufacturing 2,738 20.5%
• Education & health services 2,485 18.7%
• Professional & business services 1,533 11.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,305 9.8%
• Public administration 569 4.3%
• Financial activities 544 4.1%
• Construction 403 3.0%
• Other services 239 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 82 0.6%
• Information 71 0.5%

Home ownership

67.8%

−2.2 pp vs MS · 60th of 82

Median gross rent

$751

−$203 vs MS · 49th of 82

Owner-occupied

9,799

Renter-occupied

4,657

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $69,270/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,638/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 12,657 83.8%
• Democratic 2,328 15.4%
• Other / third-party 127 0.8%

• Spanish 730 2.3%
• Tagalog 68 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 41 0.1%
• Vietnamese 36 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

14,456

Family households

9,143

63.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,792

30.5% of families

Single-mother families

828

9.1% of families

Veterans

1,319

5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 20,487 59.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,099 6.0%
• Black Protestant 1,538 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 621 1.8%
• Catholic 534 1.5%

Health insured

89.1%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

10.9%

±1.8 pp

51st of 82

With a disability

22.6%

±2 pp

19th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

18.6%

±2.3 pp

−6.5 pp vs MS · 37th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.2%

90% interval 11.8%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

1st Circuit Court District

Judges

4 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); Chancery Court judges (equity matters, separate 20 Chancery Court Districts) and limited-jurisdiction County Court judges are not counted here. Vintage 2026 courts.ms.gov; statutory judgeship allocations are set district-by-district in Miss. Code § 9-7-3 et seq. Counts for the smallest rural districts (22nd, 23rd) are approximate and may reflect single-judgeship statutory allocations.)

Court seats

Aberdeen, Booneville, Corinth, Fulton, Iuka, Pontotoc, Tupelo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

52.58 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13