Jury Pool Profile

Coahoma County, Mississippi

Democratic +40 (2024)

Population: 20,808
Median household income: $36,259
Unemployment: 7.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,048 19.5%
Black or African American alone 15,784 75.9%
Asian alone 53 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 94 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 114 0.5%
Two or more races 715 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 444 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.7

Under 18 5,640 27.1%
18–24 2,060 9.9%
25–44 4,930 23.7%
45–64 4,818 23.2%
65 and over 3,360 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.1%; +3.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $859.4M; 0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,691
Establishments: 583

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,204 35.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,191 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 799 12.9%
Manufacturing 541 8.7%
Public administration 418 6.7%
Natural resources & mining 310 5.0%
Financial activities 284 4.6%
Professional & business services 195 3.1%
Construction 133 2.1%
Other services 114 1.8%
Information 27 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 52.0%
Median gross rent: $719
Owner-occupied: 4,399
Renter-occupied: 4,064

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,790 votes cast

Democratic 4,711 69.4%
Republican 2,008 29.6%
Other / third-party 71 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 301 1.6%
Other Indo-European 56 0.3%
Arabic 38 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,463
Family households: 5,135; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,198
Single-mother households: 1,303
Veterans: 827; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,584 26.1%
Black Protestant 3,884 18.2%
Mainline Protestant 831 3.9%
Catholic 752 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 239 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.8%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th 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: Clarksdale, Cleveland, Rosedale, Marks, Tunica

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 52.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023