Quitman County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,409 24.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17 0.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,242 73.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 90 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,334 23.1%
• 18–24 471 8.2%
• 25–44 1,364 23.6%
• 45–64 1,544 26.7%
• 65 and over 1,061 18.4%

Median household income

$37,474

90% interval $33,020–$41,928

−$21,827 vs MS · 81st of 82

Below poverty line

31.9%

90% interval 24.7%–39.1%

+14.1 pp vs MS · 8th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.84 pp vs. state

County GDP

$118.9M

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$37,019

Establishments

145

• Education & health services 402 41.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 161 16.5%
• Public administration 155 15.9%
• Natural resources & mining 105 10.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 61 6.2%
• Financial activities 50 5.1%
• Professional & business services 26 2.7%
• Other services 14 1.4%
• Information 3 0.3%

Home ownership

64.7%

−5.3 pp vs MS · 66th of 82

Median gross rent

$672

−$282 vs MS · 65th of 82

Owner-occupied

1,709

Renter-occupied

934

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $58,158/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $12,652/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 4 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 4 0.1%

Households

2,643

Family households

1,566

59.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

218

13.9% of families

Single-mother families

327

20.9% of families

Veterans

323

7.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

87.5%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

12.5%

±2.2 pp

24th of 82

With a disability

18.4%

±2.5 pp

49th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

17.1%

±3.5 pp

−8.0 pp vs MS · 50th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.0%

90% interval 10.5%–13.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

67.57 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3