Jury Pool Profile

Itawamba County, Mississippi

Republican +80 (2024)

Population: 23,942
Median household income: $59,508
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,451 89.6%
Black or African American alone 1,867 7.8%
Asian alone 112 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
Some other race alone 195 0.8%
Two or more races 294 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 437 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

Under 18 5,103 21.3%
18–24 2,648 11.1%
25–44 5,745 24.0%
45–64 6,210 25.9%
65 and over 4,236 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $733.0M; 0.46% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,652
Establishments: 406

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,809 30.1%
Education & health services 1,474 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,096 18.3%
Leisure & hospitality 472 7.9%
Construction 421 7.0%
Public administration 260 4.3%
Professional & business services 141 2.4%
Financial activities 129 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 86 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.3%
Median gross rent: $832
Owner-occupied: 7,318
Renter-occupied: 1,906

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,621 votes cast

Republican 9,523 89.7%
Democratic 1,027 9.7%
Other / third-party 71 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 261 1.1%
German 13 0.1%
Other 8 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,224
Family households: 6,221; 67.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,772
Single-mother households: 495
Veterans: 1,226; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,824 28.6%
Black Protestant 2,744 11.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,354 5.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 146 0.6%
Catholic 72 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Circuit Court District
Judges: 4 (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: Aberdeen, Booneville, Corinth, Fulton, Iuka, Pontotoc, Tupelo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 21.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023