Madison County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 60,206 53.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,320 3.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41,423 37.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,347 3.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,832 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 58 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 46 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 415 0.4%

• Under 18 27,113 24.3%
• 18–24 9,241 8.3%
• 25–44 29,218 26.2%
• 45–64 29,033 26.0%
• 65 and over 17,042 15.3%

Median household income

$90,259

90% interval $83,626–$96,892

+$30,958 vs MS · 1st of 82

Below poverty line

9.9%

90% interval 7.9%–11.9%

−7.9 pp vs MS · 80th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.9B

6.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,463

Establishments

4,076

• Trade, transportation & utilities 14,717 24.7%
• Education & health services 11,113 18.6%
• Professional & business services 8,206 13.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,071 13.5%
• Manufacturing 6,548 11.0%
• Financial activities 3,893 6.5%
• Construction 2,563 4.3%
• Public administration 1,555 2.6%
• Other services 1,468 2.5%
• Information 1,291 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 223 0.4%

Home ownership

71.3%

+1.3 pp vs MS · 50th of 82

Median gross rent

$1,186

+$232 vs MS · 3rd of 82

Owner-occupied

31,320

Renter-occupied

12,597

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $108,185/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,006/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 32,333 58.0%
• Democratic 22,700 40.7%
• Other / third-party 677 1.2%

• Spanish 3,116 3.0%
• Chinese 1,090 1.0%
• Arabic 720 0.7%
• Vietnamese 288 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 232 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 144 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 141 0.1%
• Korean 87 0.1%
• Tagalog 46 0.0%

Households

43,917

Family households

29,456

67.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,314

31.6% of families

Single-mother families

2,866

9.7% of families

Veterans

3,847

4.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 40,557 37.2%
• Black Protestant 10,014 9.2%
• Mainline Protestant 9,693 8.9%
• Catholic 4,894 4.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,003 1.8%
• Orthodox 160 0.1%

Health insured

91.7%

±1 pp

Uninsured

8.3%

±1 pp

78th of 82

With a disability

11.2%

±0.9 pp

81st of 82

Bachelor's or higher

49.6%

±2.4 pp

+24.5 pp vs MS · 1st of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.1%

90% interval 9.1%–11.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

20th Circuit Court District

Judges

3 (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

Brandon, Canton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

13

15.38 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12