Jury Pool Profile

Tate County, Mississippi

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 28,135
Median household income: $63,995
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,700 66.5%
Black or African American alone 8,421 29.9%
Asian alone 20 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 249 0.9%
Two or more races 735 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 866 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 6,385 22.7%
18–24 3,442 12.2%
25–44 6,532 23.2%
45–64 7,146 25.4%
65 and over 4,630 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $806.7M; 0.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,656
Establishments: 446

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,440 38.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,106 17.4%
Manufacturing 888 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 646 10.2%
Public administration 379 6.0%
Professional & business services 353 5.5%
Construction 166 2.6%
Financial activities 161 2.5%
Other services 93 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 78 1.2%
Information 50 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.9%
Median gross rent: $897
Owner-occupied: 7,819
Renter-occupied: 2,901

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,861 votes cast

Republican 9,185 71.4%
Democratic 3,555 27.6%
Other / third-party 121 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 705 2.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.1%
Chinese 17 0.1%
Korean 13 0.0%
Other Indo-European 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,720
Family households: 7,869; 73.4% of households
Married w/ children: 5,455
Single-mother households: 909
Veterans: 1,215; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,397 44.2%
Black Protestant 2,198 7.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,229 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 696 2.5%
Catholic 240 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.5%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.9%

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: 5; 22.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023