Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Mississippi

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 33,928
Median household income: $51,231
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,819 67.3%
Black or African American alone 10,242 30.2%
Asian alone 89 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.0%
Some other race alone 38 0.1%
Two or more races 717 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 512 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.6

Under 18 7,675 22.6%
18–24 2,559 7.5%
25–44 8,020 23.6%
45–64 8,922 26.3%
65 and over 6,752 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,944
Establishments: 666

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,373 25.9%
Education & health services 2,354 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,513 16.5%
Construction 836 9.1%
Leisure & hospitality 756 8.3%
Public administration 572 6.3%
Professional & business services 271 3.0%
Financial activities 179 2.0%
Other services 159 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 75 0.8%
Information 60 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $721
Owner-occupied: 10,482
Renter-occupied: 3,191

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,069 votes cast

Republican 10,861 67.6%
Democratic 5,090 31.7%
Other / third-party 118 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 308 1.0%
Vietnamese 89 0.3%
Tagalog 34 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.1%
Other 12 0.0%
German 7 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,673
Family households: 9,290; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,565
Single-mother households: 974
Veterans: 1,922; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,008 38.1%
Mainline Protestant 3,150 9.2%
Black Protestant 1,274 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 394 1.2%
Catholic 311 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.4%

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: 5; 19.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023