Jury Pool Profile

Benton County, Mississippi

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 7,592
Median household income: $42,139
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,614 60.8%
Black or African American alone 2,600 34.2%
Asian alone 31 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.1%
Some other race alone 151 2.0%
Two or more races 185 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 169 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 1,570 20.7%
18–24 581 7.7%
25–44 1,747 23.0%
45–64 2,080 27.4%
65 and over 1,614 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $399.6M; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,416
Establishments: 94

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 383 36.9%
Manufacturing 197 19.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 166 16.0%
Public administration 144 13.9%
Professional & business services 55 5.3%
Other services 30 2.9%
Information 4 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.3%
Median gross rent: $729
Owner-occupied: 2,521
Renter-occupied: 506

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,880 votes cast

Republican 2,535 65.3%
Democratic 1,318 34.0%
Other / third-party 27 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Other 292 4.0%
Spanish 178 2.4%
German 20 0.3%
Tagalog 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,027
Family households: 2,093; 69.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,419
Single-mother households: 172
Veterans: 367; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,875 63.8%
Black Protestant 552 7.2%
Mainline Protestant 261 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 23.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Circuit Court District
Judges: 3 (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: Ashland, Holly Springs, Houston, Okolona, New Albany, Oxford, Pittsboro, Ripley

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 83.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023