Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,303 36.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91 0.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,150 60.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 186 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 30 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,409 20.5%
• 18–24 1,203 10.2%
• 25–44 3,051 25.9%
• 45–64 2,966 25.2%
• 65 and over 2,135 18.1%

Median household income

$43,074

90% interval $37,852–$48,296

−$16,227 vs MS · 69th of 82

Below poverty line

32.3%

90% interval 25.8%–38.8%

+14.5 pp vs MS · 7th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$446.7M

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,929

Establishments

219

• Education & health services 806 28.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 448 16.0%
• Public administration 216 7.7%
• Other services 133 4.8%
• Natural resources & mining 109 3.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 102 3.6%
• Information 5 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 65.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

64.5%

−5.5 pp vs MS · 67th of 82

Median gross rent

$732

−$222 vs MS · 53rd of 82

Owner-occupied

2,778

Renter-occupied

1,528

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $51,254/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Information, $17,659/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 2,630 52.5%
• Republican 2,333 46.5%
• Other / third-party 49 1.0%

• German or other West Germanic 124 1.1%
• Spanish 72 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%
• Vietnamese 2 0.0%

Households

4,306

Family households

2,686

62.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

406

15.1% of families

Single-mother families

385

14.3% of families

Veterans

581

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,481 27.4%
• Black Protestant 942 7.4%
• Mainline Protestant 535 4.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 143 1.1%
• Catholic 20 0.2%

Health insured

85.1%

±2.8 pp

Uninsured

14.9%

±2.8 pp

10th of 82

With a disability

16.5%

±2.4 pp

64th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

11.7%

±2.7 pp

−13.4 pp vs MS · 77th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.7%

90% interval 10.3%–13.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

17th 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

Batesville, Sardis, Charleston, Sumner, Senatobia, Water Valley, Coffeeville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

64.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6