Jury Pool Profile

Panola County, Mississippi

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 32,965
Median household income: $43,990
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,487 47.0%
Black or African American alone 15,845 48.1%
Asian alone 117 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 116 0.4%
Some other race alone 52 0.2%
Two or more races 1,327 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 673 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

Under 18 8,169 24.8%
18–24 2,840 8.6%
25–44 7,952 24.1%
45–64 8,370 25.4%
65 and over 5,634 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +1.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.9% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,195
Establishments: 653

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,667 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,648 25.5%
Manufacturing 1,584 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,011 9.8%
Construction 726 7.0%
Public administration 587 5.7%
Financial activities 439 4.2%
Professional & business services 418 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 164 1.6%
Other services 83 0.8%
Information 41 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $859
Owner-occupied: 8,525
Renter-occupied: 3,857

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,422 votes cast

Republican 8,202 56.9%
Democratic 6,061 42.0%
Other / third-party 159 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 427 1.4%
Arabic 121 0.4%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,382
Family households: 8,051; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 5,221
Single-mother households: 1,200
Veterans: 1,217; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,294 31.0%
Mainline Protestant 3,098 9.3%
Black Protestant 2,940 8.9%
Catholic 396 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 114 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.3%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th 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: Batesville, Sardis, Charleston, Sumner, Senatobia, Water Valley, Coffeeville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 72.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023