Jury Pool Profile

Attala County, Mississippi

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 17,685
Median household income: $48,098
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,242 52.3%
Black or African American alone 8,028 45.4%
Asian alone 46 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 22 0.1%
Two or more races 339 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 4,448 25.2%
18–24 1,542 8.7%
25–44 3,939 22.3%
45–64 4,331 24.5%
65 and over 3,425 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $640.7M; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,951
Establishments: 413

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,275 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,089 24.1%
Manufacturing 620 13.7%
Leisure & hospitality 448 9.9%
Construction 338 7.5%
Public administration 231 5.1%
Professional & business services 208 4.6%
Financial activities 163 3.6%
Other services 81 1.8%
Information 38 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 20 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $774
Owner-occupied: 4,953
Renter-occupied: 1,514

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,703 votes cast

Republican 4,723 61.3%
Democratic 2,930 38.0%
Other / third-party 50 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 159 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Other Indo-European 15 0.1%
Other 9 0.1%
German 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,467
Family households: 4,228; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,732
Single-mother households: 527
Veterans: 867; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,071 45.1%
Mainline Protestant 972 5.4%
Black Protestant 958 5.4%
Catholic 168 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.9%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Circuit Court District
Judges: 2 (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: Ackerman, Carrollton, Vaiden, Grenada, Kosciusko, Louisville, Walthall, Winona

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 37.77 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023