Jury Pool Profile

Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 31,312
Median household income: $52,741
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,537 75.2%
Black or African American alone 4,626 14.8%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,744 5.6%
Two or more races 1,387 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,148 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.7

Under 18 8,240 26.3%
18–24 2,494 8.0%
25–44 8,090 25.8%
45–64 7,731 24.7%
65 and over 4,757 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.81% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,725
Establishments: 563

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,310 45.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,392 20.3%
Education & health services 1,877 16.0%
Leisure & hospitality 617 5.2%
Professional & business services 581 4.9%
Public administration 379 3.2%
Financial activities 213 1.8%
Information 20 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.6%
Median gross rent: $848
Owner-occupied: 8,242
Renter-occupied: 3,440

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,068 votes cast

Republican 11,740 83.5%
Democratic 2,214 15.7%
Other / third-party 114 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,639 5.6%
German 154 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 73 0.3%
Other 10 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,682
Family households: 8,321; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,322
Single-mother households: 738
Veterans: 1,343; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,323 58.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,433 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 339 1.1%
Black Protestant 296 0.9%
Catholic 277 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.0%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.7%

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: 6; 26.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023