Marion County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,341 63.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 449 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,559 31.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 76 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 561 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 58 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 136 0.6%

• Under 18 5,666 23.4%
• 18–24 1,785 7.4%
• 25–44 6,054 25.0%
• 45–64 6,131 25.3%
• 65 and over 4,557 18.8%

Median household income

$49,639

90% interval $44,053–$55,225

−$9,662 vs MS · 49th of 82

Below poverty line

19.8%

90% interval 15.4%–24.2%

+2.0 pp vs MS · 42nd of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.72% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,554

Establishments

601

• Education & health services 2,277 27.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,699 20.3%
• Construction 1,365 16.3%
• Professional & business services 864 10.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 642 7.7%
• Other services 396 4.7%
• Public administration 354 4.2%
• Financial activities 267 3.2%
• Manufacturing 243 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 200 2.4%
• Information 55 0.7%

Home ownership

77.2%

+7.2 pp vs MS · 31st of 82

Median gross rent

$818

−$136 vs MS · 32nd of 82

Owner-occupied

7,044

Renter-occupied

2,078

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Construction, $82,497/yr) pays 5.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,477/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 7,874 70.4%
• Democratic 3,215 28.7%
• Other / third-party 99 0.9%

• Spanish 323 1.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 89 0.4%
• Korean 15 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.0%

Households

9,122

Family households

6,271

68.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,161

18.5% of families

Single-mother families

655

10.4% of families

Veterans

1,088

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,944 57.1%
• Black Protestant 2,554 10.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,866 7.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 426 1.7%
• Catholic 180 0.7%

Health insured

86.5%

±2.4 pp

Uninsured

13.5%

±2.4 pp

11th of 82

With a disability

23.0%

±2.7 pp

17th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

13.7%

±2.3 pp

−11.4 pp vs MS · 65th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.2%

90% interval 11.8%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

15th 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

Columbia, Monticello, Poplarville, Prentiss, Purvis

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

26.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5