Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Mississippi

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 7,655
Median household income: $45,618
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,789 62.6%
Black or African American alone 2,678 35.0%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 12 0.2%
Two or more races 166 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 70 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 1,771 23.1%
18–24 581 7.6%
25–44 1,700 22.2%
45–64 1,990 26.0%
65 and over 1,613 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +1.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $252.1M; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,487
Establishments: 136

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 592 38.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 374 24.0%
Public administration 164 10.5%
Natural resources & mining 106 6.8%
Financial activities 47 3.0%
Professional & business services 42 2.7%
Other services 37 2.4%
Information 3 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.0%
Median gross rent: $706
Owner-occupied: 2,360
Renter-occupied: 589

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,066 votes cast

Republican 2,831 69.6%
Democratic 1,213 29.8%
Other / third-party 22 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.8% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.1%
Spanish 4 0.1%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,949
Family households: 2,144; 72.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,392
Single-mother households: 292
Veterans: 526; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,461 58.1%
Mainline Protestant 407 5.3%
Black Protestant 352 4.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.4%
With a disability: 22.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th 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: Liberty, Meadville, Natchez, Woodville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 50.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023