Jury Pool Profile

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 12,363
Median household income: $37,383
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,470 36.2%
Black or African American alone 7,675 62.1%
Asian alone 5 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2 0.0%
Two or more races 174 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 64 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 2,499 20.2%
18–24 1,214 9.8%
25–44 3,483 28.2%
45–64 3,056 24.7%
65 and over 2,111 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $446.7M; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,126
Establishments: 220

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 796 29.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 432 15.9%
Public administration 212 7.8%
Other services 132 4.8%
Natural resources & mining 122 4.5%
Leisure & hospitality 109 4.0%
Information 5 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.9%
Median gross rent: $695
Owner-occupied: 2,892
Renter-occupied: 1,430

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,012 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 37 0.3%
German 27 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,322
Family households: 2,846; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,573
Single-mother households: 348
Veterans: 504; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.3% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.6%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023