Jury Pool Profile

Adams County, Mississippi

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 29,098
Median household income: $40,250
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,167 38.4%
Black or African American alone 16,141 55.5%
Asian alone 78 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 72 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,104 3.8%
Two or more races 536 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,191 4.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 6,295 21.6%
18–24 2,481 8.5%
25–44 6,671 22.9%
45–64 7,380 25.4%
65 and over 6,271 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,978
Establishments: 774

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,779 27.5%
Education & health services 2,769 27.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,484 14.7%
Professional & business services 888 8.8%
Public administration 549 5.4%
Financial activities 494 4.9%
Manufacturing 427 4.2%
Construction 266 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 207 2.0%
Other services 190 1.9%
Information 61 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.5%
Median gross rent: $720
Owner-occupied: 7,691
Renter-occupied: 3,882

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,928 votes cast

Democratic 6,743 56.5%
Republican 5,081 42.6%
Other / third-party 104 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,106 4.0%
Other 204 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 146 0.5%
Other Indo-European 63 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 58 0.2%
Slavic languages 47 0.2%
Chinese 39 0.1%
Tagalog 35 0.1%
German 16 0.1%
Korean 13 0.0%
Arabic 8 0.0%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,573
Family households: 7,016; 60.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,304
Single-mother households: 1,234
Veterans: 1,182; 5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

86.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,050 37.4%
Black Protestant 10,038 34.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,100 7.1%
Catholic 1,530 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 752 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.4%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th 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: Liberty, Meadville, Natchez, Woodville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 13.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023