Jury Pool Profile

Chickasaw County, Mississippi

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 16,994
Median household income: $43,041
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,540 50.3%
Black or African American alone 7,568 44.5%
Asian alone 88 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 497 2.9%
Two or more races 297 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 688 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 4,208 24.8%
18–24 1,446 8.5%
25–44 4,084 24.0%
45–64 4,128 24.3%
65 and over 3,128 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +1.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $573.9M; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $38,490
Establishments: 377

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,330 29.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,129 25.1%
Education & health services 772 17.2%
Public administration 309 6.9%
Leisure & hospitality 290 6.4%
Natural resources & mining 176 3.9%
Construction 167 3.7%
Financial activities 147 3.3%
Professional & business services 132 2.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.2%
Median gross rent: $702
Owner-occupied: 4,492
Renter-occupied: 2,189

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,234 votes cast

Republican 4,079 56.4%
Democratic 3,090 42.7%
Other / third-party 65 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 505 3.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.4%
Chinese 54 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
German 18 0.1%
Tagalog 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,681
Family households: 4,438; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,888
Single-mother households: 744
Veterans: 418; 3.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

76.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,012 58.5%
Black Protestant 1,446 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,283 7.5%
Catholic 250 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 157 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.0%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.4%

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: 7; 54.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023