Jury Pool Profile

Yalobusha County, Mississippi

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 12,439
Median household income: $49,171
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,330 58.9%
Black or African American alone 4,559 36.7%
Asian alone 18 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 55 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 17 0.1%
Two or more races 460 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 202 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 2,707 21.8%
18–24 760 6.1%
25–44 3,011 24.2%
45–64 3,295 26.5%
65 and over 2,666 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $367.7M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,381
Establishments: 206

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 826 31.1%
Education & health services 625 23.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 431 16.2%
Public administration 203 7.6%
Professional & business services 189 7.1%
Leisure & hospitality 142 5.3%
Construction 114 4.3%
Financial activities 74 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 26 1.0%
Information 7 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.3%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 3,541
Renter-occupied: 1,496

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,878 votes cast

Republican 3,518 59.9%
Democratic 2,289 38.9%
Other / third-party 71 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 166 1.4%
German 88 0.8%
Vietnamese 18 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.1%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,037
Family households: 3,183; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,088
Single-mother households: 421
Veterans: 731; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

95.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,413 83.4%
Black Protestant 806 6.5%
Mainline Protestant 642 5.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.5%
With a disability: 20.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.3%

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; 51.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023