Coahoma County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,881 18.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 636 3.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 15,292 74.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 53 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 543 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 135 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 5,541 27.0%
• 18–24 1,973 9.6%
• 25–44 4,964 24.2%
• 45–64 4,677 22.8%
• 65 and over 3,385 16.5%

Median household income

$37,206

90% interval $32,972–$41,440

−$22,095 vs MS · 82nd of 82

Below poverty line

34.9%

90% interval 29.1%–40.7%

+17.1 pp vs MS · 2nd of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.8%

+3.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$859.4M

0.54% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,311

Establishments

581

• Education & health services 2,188 36.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,156 19.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 753 12.4%
• Manufacturing 529 8.7%
• Public administration 452 7.4%
• Financial activities 285 4.7%
• Professional & business services 182 3.0%
• Construction 11 0.2%
• Information 9 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

52.1%

−17.9 pp vs MS · 80th of 82

Median gross rent

$749

−$205 vs MS · 50th of 82

Owner-occupied

4,378

Renter-occupied

4,026

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $73,174/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,878/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 411 2.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

8,404

Family households

4,964

59.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

742

14.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,217

24.5% of families

Veterans

809

5.4% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

88.0%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

12.0%

±1.7 pp

31st of 82

With a disability

16.1%

±2 pp

65th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

19.5%

±2.6 pp

−5.6 pp vs MS · 31st of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.3%

90% interval 10.9%–13.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

20 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3