Jury Pool Profile

Rankin County, Mississippi

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 158,218
Median household income: $77,454
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 114,094 72.1%
Black or African American alone 34,246 21.6%
Asian alone 1,794 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 660 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 181 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,462 1.6%
Two or more races 4,781 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,072 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

Under 18 35,741 22.6%
18–24 12,414 7.8%
25–44 44,256 28.0%
45–64 39,972 25.3%
65 and over 25,835 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.94 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.2B; 6.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,290
Establishments: 4,585

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 19,391 28.9%
Education & health services 14,098 21.0%
Leisure & hospitality 8,772 13.1%
Professional & business services 7,114 10.6%
Construction 4,593 6.8%
Manufacturing 4,427 6.6%
Financial activities 3,342 5.0%
Public administration 2,753 4.1%
Other services 1,723 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 501 0.7%
Information 343 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $1,210
Owner-occupied: 46,278
Renter-occupied: 13,346

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 69,678 votes cast

Republican 50,896 73.0%
Democratic 18,060 25.9%
Other / third-party 722 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,719 3.2%
Other Indo-European 622 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 587 0.4%
Arabic 427 0.3%
German 359 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 288 0.2%
Chinese 224 0.1%
Other 157 0.1%
Tagalog 124 0.1%
Korean 83 0.1%
Vietnamese 61 0.0%
Slavic languages 40 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 59,624
Family households: 41,012; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 31,551
Single-mother households: 3,876
Veterans: 9,050; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 64,939 41.4%
Mainline Protestant 8,361 5.3%
Black Protestant 6,026 3.8%
Catholic 2,806 1.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,744 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th Circuit Court District
Judges: 3 (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: Brandon, Canton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 15.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023