Jury Pool Profile

Choctaw County, Mississippi

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 8,172
Median household income: $48,321
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,524 67.6%
Black or African American alone 2,395 29.3%
Asian alone 44 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 92 1.1%
Two or more races 104 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 144 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 1,742 21.3%
18–24 688 8.4%
25–44 1,812 22.2%
45–64 2,062 25.2%
65 and over 1,868 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $833.5M; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,153
Establishments: 160

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 922 41.0%
Natural resources & mining 404 18.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 287 12.8%
Manufacturing 270 12.0%
Public administration 157 7.0%
Leisure & hospitality 68 3.0%
Construction 48 2.1%
Professional & business services 40 1.8%
Other services 15 0.7%
Information 5 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.3%
Median gross rent: $661
Owner-occupied: 2,770
Renter-occupied: 680

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,890 votes cast

Republican 2,881 74.1%
Democratic 965 24.8%
Other / third-party 44 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 71 0.9%
Tagalog 13 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,450
Family households: 2,331; 67.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,785
Single-mother households: 235
Veterans: 374; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,106 49.8%
Mainline Protestant 636 7.7%
Black Protestant 196 2.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.0%
With a disability: 23.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Ackerman, Carrollton, Vaiden, Grenada, Kosciusko, Louisville, Walthall, Winona

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 62.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023