Tate County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,129 64.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 917 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,266 29.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 870 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 117 0.4%

• Under 18 6,308 22.3%
• 18–24 3,412 12.0%
• 25–44 6,824 24.1%
• 45–64 7,033 24.8%
• 65 and over 4,744 16.8%

Median household income

$68,786

90% interval $62,225–$75,347

+$9,485 vs MS · 6th of 82

Below poverty line

15.0%

90% interval 11.5%–18.5%

−2.8 pp vs MS · 74th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$806.7M

0.51% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,136

Establishments

458

• Education & health services 2,413 36.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,127 17.1%
• Manufacturing 1,058 16.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 666 10.1%
• Professional & business services 399 6.0%
• Public administration 374 5.7%
• Construction 182 2.8%
• Financial activities 164 2.5%
• Other services 98 1.5%
• Natural resources & mining 73 1.1%
• Information 49 0.7%

Home ownership

76.0%

+6.0 pp vs MS · 37th of 82

Median gross rent

$963

+$9 vs MS · 12th of 82

Owner-occupied

8,369

Renter-occupied

2,649

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $66,411/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,201/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 724 2.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%
• Korean 14 0.1%
• Chinese 12 0.0%

Households

11,018

Family households

7,981

72.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,094

26.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,025

12.8% of families

Veterans

1,124

5.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

88.9%

±2 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±2 pp

48th of 82

With a disability

16.6%

±2.1 pp

63rd of 82

Bachelor's or higher

23.6%

±3.2 pp

−1.5 pp vs MS · 17th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.8%

90% interval 12.3%–15.3% · 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

9

40.88 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7