Jury Pool Profile

Amite County, Mississippi

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 12,611
Median household income: $35,385
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,352 58.3%
Black or African American alone 5,053 40.1%
Asian alone 4 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 28 0.2%
Two or more races 156 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.8

Under 18 2,577 20.4%
18–24 955 7.6%
25–44 2,294 18.2%
45–64 3,576 28.4%
65 and over 3,209 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $389.3M; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,409
Establishments: 209

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 544 26.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 505 24.8%
Manufacturing 420 20.6%
Public administration 182 8.9%
Natural resources & mining 157 7.7%
Construction 83 4.1%
Leisure & hospitality 60 2.9%
Financial activities 35 1.7%
Information 6 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.2%
Median gross rent: $689
Owner-occupied: 4,880
Renter-occupied: 982

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,815 votes cast

Republican 4,484 65.8%
Democratic 2,246 33.0%
Other / third-party 85 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 46 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,862
Family households: 3,322; 56.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,359
Single-mother households: 401
Veterans: 474; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,409 42.5%
Black Protestant 454 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 317 2.5%
Mainline Protestant 133 1.0%
Catholic 35 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 27.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 8.0%

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: 4; 39.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023