Jury Pool Profile

Sunflower County, Mississippi

Democratic +36 (2024)

Population: 25,328
Median household income: $40,265
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,937 23.4%
Black or African American alone 18,498 73.0%
Asian alone 42 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 50 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 66 0.3%
Two or more races 735 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 646 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.6

Under 18 5,381 21.2%
18–24 2,624 10.4%
25–44 7,424 29.3%
45–64 6,159 24.3%
65 and over 3,740 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +1.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $862.7M; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,018
Establishments: 535

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,753 33.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,198 26.7%
Public administration 1,349 16.4%
Leisure & hospitality 521 6.3%
Natural resources & mining 313 3.8%
Manufacturing 291 3.5%
Construction 229 2.8%
Professional & business services 217 2.6%
Financial activities 184 2.2%
Other services 139 1.7%
Information 29 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.3%
Median gross rent: $670
Owner-occupied: 4,536
Renter-occupied: 3,522

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,876 votes cast

Democratic 5,312 67.4%
Republican 2,515 31.9%
Other / third-party 49 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 470 2.0%
Tagalog 10 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Other 9 0.0%
German 2 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,058
Family households: 5,064; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,344
Single-mother households: 1,135
Veterans: 742; 3.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,140 19.8%
Black Protestant 3,066 11.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,704 6.6%
Catholic 222 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 186 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.6%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th 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: Greenville, Greenwood, Indianola

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 30.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023