Jury Pool Profile

Marshall County, Mississippi

Republican +7 (2024)

Population: 33,899
Median household income: $51,875
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,989 47.2%
Black or African American alone 14,800 43.7%
Asian alone 53 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 174 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,437 4.2%
Two or more races 1,422 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,632 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 7,057 20.8%
18–24 3,254 9.6%
25–44 8,049 23.7%
45–64 9,222 27.2%
65 and over 6,317 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.76% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,645
Establishments: 566

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 5,096 45.1%
Manufacturing 1,789 15.8%
Education & health services 1,626 14.4%
Professional & business services 796 7.0%
Public administration 480 4.3%
Construction 478 4.2%
Leisure & hospitality 427 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 38 0.3%
Information 8 0.1%
Financial activities 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $926
Owner-occupied: 9,817
Renter-occupied: 2,981

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,983 votes cast

Republican 7,977 53.2%
Democratic 6,888 46.0%
Other / third-party 118 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,574 4.9%
German 74 0.2%
Other Indo-European 43 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.1%
Other 8 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,798
Family households: 8,708; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 5,285
Single-mother households: 1,194
Veterans: 1,362; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,096 32.9%
Black Protestant 5,784 17.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,871 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 693 2.1%
Catholic 333 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 22.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Ashland, Holly Springs, Houston, Okolona, New Albany, Oxford, Pittsboro, Ripley

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 55.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023