Jury Pool Profile
Tunica County, Mississippi
Democratic +39 (2024)
- Population
- 9,586
- Median household income
- $38,402
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 1,746 18.2%
- Black or African American alone 7,630 79.6%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 129 1.3%
- Two or more races 81 0.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 230 2.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 34.7
- Under 18 2,710 28.3%
- 18–24 867 9.0%
- 25–44 2,648 27.6%
- 45–64 2,033 21.2%
- 65 and over 1,328 13.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.3%
- +1.54 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $730.7M
- 0.46% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $41,726
- Establishments
- 270
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Leisure & hospitality 3,276 56.5%
- Education & health services 581 10.0%
- Professional & business services 388 6.7%
- Manufacturing 385 6.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 328 5.7%
- Public administration 307 5.3%
- Natural resources & mining 235 4.1%
- Financial activities 132 2.3%
- Construction 123 2.1%
- Other services 38 0.7%
- Information 5 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 40.8%
- Median gross rent
- $938
- Owner-occupied
- 1,468
- Renter-occupied
- 2,132
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,668 votes cast
- Democratic 1,837 68.9%
- Republican 799 29.9%
- Other / third-party 32 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 275 3.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 3,600
- Family households
- 1,950
- 54.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 953
- Single-mother households
- 552
- Veterans
- 227
- 3.3% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
23.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 1,237 12.6%
- Black Protestant 580 5.9%
- Mainline Protestant 324 3.3%
- Catholic 111 1.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 86.9%
- With a disability
- 10.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 16.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 11th 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
- Clarksdale, Cleveland, Rosedale, Marks, Tunica
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 12
- 174.52 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 9
NHTSA FARS 2023