Carroll County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,049 62.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 0.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,335 34.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 75 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 212 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 15 0.2%

• Under 18 1,675 17.3%
• 18–24 528 5.5%
• 25–44 2,347 24.2%
• 45–64 2,715 28.0%
• 65 and over 2,421 25.0%

Median household income

$55,737

90% interval $49,397–$62,077

−$3,564 vs MS · 27th of 82

Below poverty line

15.8%

90% interval 11.8%–19.8%

−2.0 pp vs MS · 70th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.55 pp vs. state

County GDP

$147.6M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$40,925

Establishments

130

• Education & health services 278 27.1%
• Public administration 187 18.2%
• Construction 161 15.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 112 10.9%
• Professional & business services 44 4.3%
• Other services 8 0.8%
• Information 4 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 77.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

83.7%

+13.7 pp vs MS · 5th of 82

Median gross rent

$662

−$292 vs MS · 71st of 82

Owner-occupied

3,563

Renter-occupied

695

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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, $60,100/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Information, $15,709/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 3,730 71.8%
• Democratic 1,431 27.6%
• Other / third-party 33 0.6%

• Chinese 12 0.1%
• Spanish 11 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 6 0.1%

Households

4,258

Family households

2,637

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

689

26.1% of families

Single-mother families

249

9.4% of families

Veterans

433

5.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,924 39.2%
• Black Protestant 956 9.6%
• Mainline Protestant 912 9.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

90.4%

±3 pp

Uninsured

9.6%

±3 pp

64th of 82

With a disability

21.6%

±3.5 pp

25th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

21.2%

±4.2 pp

−3.9 pp vs MS · 20th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.1%

90% interval 13.5%–16.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0