Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, Mississippi

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 24,303
Median household income: $42,320
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,529 63.9%
Black or African American alone 7,802 32.1%
Asian alone 23 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 65 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 313 1.3%
Two or more races 571 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 431 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 5,679 23.4%
18–24 1,851 7.6%
25–44 5,982 24.6%
45–64 6,234 25.7%
65 and over 4,557 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.72% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,025
Establishments: 604

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,156 25.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,712 20.6%
Construction 1,422 17.1%
Professional & business services 870 10.5%
Leisure & hospitality 631 7.6%
Other services 368 4.4%
Public administration 364 4.4%
Financial activities 276 3.3%
Manufacturing 251 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 211 2.5%
Information 56 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.2%
Median gross rent: $700
Owner-occupied: 7,192
Renter-occupied: 2,007

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,188 votes cast

Republican 7,874 70.4%
Democratic 3,215 28.7%
Other / third-party 99 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 401 1.8%
Slavic languages 60 0.3%
German 36 0.2%
Korean 12 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Tagalog 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,199
Family households: 6,157; 66.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,462
Single-mother households: 464
Veterans: 1,188; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

77.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.9%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 48.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023