Jury Pool Profile

Sharkey County, Mississippi

Democratic +37 (2024)

Population: 3,848
Median household income: $35,741
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 984 25.6%
Black or African American alone 2,835 73.7%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.3%
Some other race alone 7 0.2%
Two or more races 9 0.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 962 25.0%
18–24 445 11.6%
25–44 896 23.3%
45–64 823 21.4%
65 and over 722 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +2.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $106.6M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $38,700
Establishments: 142

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 339 37.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 196 21.5%
Natural resources & mining 148 16.2%
Public administration 108 11.8%
Financial activities 45 4.9%
Leisure & hospitality 34 3.7%
Professional & business services 26 2.8%
Construction 10 1.1%
Information 3 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.9%
Median gross rent: $622
Owner-occupied: 881
Renter-occupied: 519

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,766 votes cast

Democratic 1,201 68.0%
Republican 551 31.2%
Other / third-party 14 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 7 0.2%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,400
Family households: 924; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 465
Single-mother households: 218
Veterans: 98; 3.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,687 44.4%
Mainline Protestant 386 10.2%
Black Protestant 182 4.8%
Catholic 30 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.8%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: Mayersville, Rolling Fork, Vicksburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 103.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023