Jury Pool Profile

Bolivar County, Mississippi

Democratic +24 (2024)

Population: 30,163
Median household income: $37,315
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,251 30.7%
Black or African American alone 19,074 63.2%
Asian alone 287 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 595 2.0%
Two or more races 955 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 765 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 7,459 24.7%
18–24 2,931 9.7%
25–44 7,591 25.2%
45–64 7,157 23.7%
65 and over 5,025 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.88% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,457
Establishments: 841

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,467 32.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,428 23.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,177 11.1%
Manufacturing 1,117 10.6%
Public administration 622 5.9%
Professional & business services 519 4.9%
Financial activities 367 3.5%
Construction 268 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 264 2.5%
Other services 261 2.5%
Information 77 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.0%
Median gross rent: $671
Owner-occupied: 7,258
Renter-occupied: 4,649

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,435 votes cast

Democratic 6,419 61.5%
Republican 3,943 37.8%
Other / third-party 73 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 600 2.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 74 0.3%
Arabic 60 0.2%
Vietnamese 26 0.1%
German 18 0.1%
Other Indo-European 15 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,907
Family households: 7,205; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,563
Single-mother households: 1,332
Veterans: 743; 3.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,893 31.9%
Black Protestant 3,628 11.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,501 4.8%
Catholic 1,077 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 424 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.4%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th 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: Clarksdale, Cleveland, Rosedale, Marks, Tunica

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 48.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023