Jury Pool Profile

Grenada County, Mississippi

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 21,342
Median household income: $47,998
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,902 51.1%
Black or African American alone 9,559 44.8%
Asian alone 20 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 160 0.7%
Two or more races 691 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 64 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 5,167 24.2%
18–24 1,582 7.4%
25–44 5,229 24.5%
45–64 5,417 25.4%
65 and over 3,947 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.74% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,437
Establishments: 598

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,479 26.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,918 20.5%
Education & health services 1,901 20.4%
Leisure & hospitality 926 9.9%
Professional & business services 882 9.4%
Public administration 448 4.8%
Financial activities 318 3.4%
Construction 219 2.3%
Other services 107 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 85 0.9%
Information 58 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.9%
Median gross rent: $823
Owner-occupied: 5,370
Renter-occupied: 3,165

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,766 votes cast

Republican 5,651 57.9%
Democratic 4,060 41.6%
Other / third-party 55 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 272 1.4%
Other Indo-European 143 0.7%
Spanish 98 0.5%
German 12 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,535
Family households: 5,158; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,187
Single-mother households: 655
Veterans: 1,213; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,980 46.1%
Black Protestant 2,012 9.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,544 7.1%
Catholic 500 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 135 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 20.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 74.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023