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Jury Pool Profile

Claiborne County, Mississippi

Democratic +68 (2024)
Population
8,908
Median household income
$34,371
Unemployment
9.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 968 10.9%
  • Black or African American alone 7,681 86.2%
  • Asian alone 13 0.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 5 0.1%
  • Two or more races 241 2.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.8

  • Under 18 1,941 21.8%
  • 18–24 1,803 20.2%
  • 25–44 1,759 19.7%
  • 45–64 1,717 19.3%
  • 65 and over 1,688 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
9.3%
+5.51 pp vs. state
County GDP
$860.8M
0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay
$69,263
Establishments
134

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,667 51.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,043 32.0%
  • Public administration 164 5.0%
  • Leisure & hospitality 163 5.0%
  • Manufacturing 131 4.0%
  • Professional & business services 38 1.2%
  • Financial activities 29 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
75.2%
Median gross rent
$651
Owner-occupied
2,132
Renter-occupied
704

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,541 votes cast

  • Democratic 2,950 83.3%
  • Republican 558 15.8%
  • Other / third-party 33 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.2% speak only English at home

  • Other 26 0.3%
  • Spanish 15 0.2%
  • German 12 0.1%
  • Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
2,836
Family households
1,801
63.5% of households
Married w/ children
954
Single-mother households
207
Veterans
240
3.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

13.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 745 8.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 304 3.3%
  • Black Protestant 76 0.8%
  • Catholic 61 0.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
81.9%
With a disability
11.6%
Bachelor's or higher
20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
23rd Circuit Court District
Judges
1 (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
Fayette, Hazlehurst, Port Gibson

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
1
14.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Claiborne County, Mississippi to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.