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Jury Pool Profile

Quitman County, Mississippi

Democratic +31 (2024)
Population
5,908
Median household income
$32,131
Unemployment
5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 1,475 25.0%
  • Black or African American alone 4,267 72.2%
  • Asian alone 9 0.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 1 0.0%
  • Two or more races 139 2.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

  • Under 18 1,360 23.0%
  • 18–24 480 8.1%
  • 25–44 1,421 24.1%
  • 45–64 1,570 26.6%
  • 65 and over 1,077 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.1%
+1.36 pp vs. state
County GDP
$118.9M
0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay
$35,517
Establishments
144

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 418 41.8%
  • Public administration 169 16.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 158 15.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 98 9.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 60 6.0%
  • Financial activities 50 5.0%
  • Professional & business services 28 2.8%
  • Other services 15 1.5%
  • Information 3 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
61.9%
Median gross rent
$650
Owner-occupied
1,641
Renter-occupied
1,012

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,677 votes cast

  • Democratic 1,725 64.4%
  • Republican 902 33.7%
  • Other / third-party 50 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

  • Other 30 0.5%
  • Tagalog 9 0.2%
  • Spanish 8 0.1%
  • German 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
2,653
Family households
1,660
62.6% of households
Married w/ children
805
Single-mother households
320
Veterans
271
6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,144 34.7%
  • Black Protestant 1,098 17.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 335 5.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 168 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
87.2%
With a disability
18.6%
Bachelor's or higher
15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
11th 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
Clarksdale, Cleveland, Rosedale, Marks, Tunica

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
5
109.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Quitman County, Mississippi to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.