Jury Pool Profile

Calhoun County, Mississippi

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 13,029
Median household income: $43,942
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,376 64.3%
Black or African American alone 3,744 28.7%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 701 5.4%
Two or more races 208 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 773 5.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

Under 18 2,916 22.4%
18–24 920 7.1%
25–44 2,975 22.8%
45–64 3,590 27.6%
65 and over 2,628 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $378.4M; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $38,736
Establishments: 270

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 858 29.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 649 22.3%
Manufacturing 590 20.3%
Natural resources & mining 308 10.6%
Public administration 211 7.3%
Leisure & hospitality 109 3.8%
Financial activities 65 2.2%
Information 39 1.3%
Professional & business services 31 1.1%
Construction 23 0.8%
Other services 22 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.1%
Median gross rent: $674
Owner-occupied: 4,161
Renter-occupied: 1,535

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,034 votes cast

Republican 4,443 73.6%
Democratic 1,547 25.6%
Other / third-party 44 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 542 4.4%
Arabic 9 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,696
Family households: 3,592; 63.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,476
Single-mother households: 372
Veterans: 412; 4.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

83.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,756 66.0%
Black Protestant 1,120 8.4%
Mainline Protestant 686 5.2%
Catholic 476 3.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.3%
With a disability: 22.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Circuit Court District
Judges: 3 (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: Ashland, Holly Springs, Houston, Okolona, New Albany, Oxford, Pittsboro, Ripley

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 39.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023