Jury Pool Profile

Union County, Mississippi

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 28,009
Median household income: $56,807
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,547 76.9%
Black or African American alone 4,520 16.1%
Asian alone 30 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,131 4.0%
Two or more races 744 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,342 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 7,084 25.3%
18–24 2,375 8.5%
25–44 6,951 24.8%
45–64 6,986 24.9%
65 and over 4,613 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.93% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,689
Establishments: 584

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,347 35.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,115 25.5%
Education & health services 2,307 18.9%
Leisure & hospitality 969 7.9%
Professional & business services 501 4.1%
Public administration 328 2.7%
Financial activities 251 2.1%
Other services 93 0.8%
Information 31 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.8%
Median gross rent: $910
Owner-occupied: 7,477
Renter-occupied: 2,523

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,478 votes cast

Republican 10,559 84.6%
Democratic 1,807 14.5%
Other / third-party 112 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 882 3.4%
Korean 17 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,000
Family households: 6,958; 69.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,936
Single-mother households: 687
Veterans: 1,270; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

82.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,429 66.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,065 11.0%
Catholic 680 2.4%
Black Protestant 638 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 217 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.6%
With a disability: 19.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.1%

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: 9; 43.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023