Jury Pool Profile

Tippah County, Mississippi

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 21,621
Median household income: $51,141
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,438 76.0%
Black or African American alone 3,183 14.7%
Asian alone 37 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.1%
Some other race alone 670 3.1%
Two or more races 1,266 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,096 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

Under 18 5,133 23.7%
18–24 2,206 10.2%
25–44 4,929 22.8%
45–64 5,675 26.2%
65 and over 3,678 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $899.0M; 0.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,336
Establishments: 396

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,050 29.2%
Education & health services 1,482 21.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,427 20.3%
Professional & business services 449 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 426 6.1%
Construction 313 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 301 4.3%
Public administration 288 4.1%
Financial activities 207 2.9%
Information 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.2%
Median gross rent: $720
Owner-occupied: 6,013
Renter-occupied: 1,883

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,591 votes cast

Republican 7,984 83.2%
Democratic 1,547 16.1%
Other / third-party 60 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 880 4.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 21 0.1%
Chinese 17 0.1%
Other 14 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,896
Family households: 5,719; 72.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,226
Single-mother households: 545
Veterans: 934; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,909 59.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,604 7.4%
Black Protestant 452 2.1%
Catholic 142 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Ashland, Holly Springs, Houston, Okolona, New Albany, Oxford, Pittsboro, Ripley

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 18.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023