Jury Pool Profile

Yazoo County, Mississippi

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 26,837
Median household income: $40,974
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,556 39.3%
Black or African American alone 15,594 58.1%
Asian alone 13 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 65 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 101 0.4%
Two or more races 508 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,436 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 5,821 21.7%
18–24 2,310 8.6%
25–44 8,876 33.1%
45–64 6,067 22.6%
65 and over 3,763 14.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,788
Establishments: 456

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,699 27.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,230 19.7%
Public administration 1,117 17.9%
Construction 558 9.0%
Manufacturing 557 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 456 7.3%
Natural resources & mining 252 4.0%
Financial activities 175 2.8%
Professional & business services 96 1.5%
Other services 70 1.1%
Information 24 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 55.3%
Median gross rent: $804
Owner-occupied: 4,920
Renter-occupied: 3,972

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,971 votes cast

Republican 4,558 50.8%
Democratic 4,342 48.4%
Other / third-party 71 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,439 5.7%
Other 53 0.2%
German 12 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,892
Family households: 5,585; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,053
Single-mother households: 881
Veterans: 1,322; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,981 26.1%
Black Protestant 3,572 13.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,635 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 551 2.1%
Catholic 167 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.6%
With a disability: 21.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd Circuit Court District
Judges: 1 (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: Belzoni, Lexington, Yazoo City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 52.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023