Jury Pool Profile

Prentiss County, Mississippi

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 24,999
Median household income: $51,466
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,036 80.1%
Black or African American alone 2,855 11.4%
Asian alone 605 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 397 1.6%
Two or more races 1,065 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 377 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

Under 18 5,572 22.3%
18–24 2,803 11.2%
25–44 6,119 24.5%
45–64 6,154 24.6%
65 and over 4,351 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $799.4M; 0.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,780
Establishments: 552

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,939 26.8%
Manufacturing 1,488 20.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,471 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 627 8.7%
Professional & business services 584 8.1%
Public administration 386 5.3%
Construction 310 4.3%
Financial activities 201 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 48 0.7%
Information 7 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $620
Owner-occupied: 7,388
Renter-occupied: 1,975

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,381 votes cast

Republican 8,581 82.7%
Democratic 1,727 16.6%
Other / third-party 73 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Chinese 253 1.1%
Vietnamese 234 1.0%
Tagalog 94 0.4%
Other Indo-European 59 0.3%
German 57 0.2%
Spanish 55 0.2%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Other 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,363
Family households: 6,395; 68.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,719
Single-mother households: 725
Veterans: 1,004; 5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,844 55.4%
Mainline Protestant 2,716 10.9%
Black Protestant 1,198 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 523 2.1%
Catholic 135 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.6%

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; 25.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023