Jury Pool Profile

Clarke County, Mississippi

Republican +35 (2024)

Population: 15,424
Median household income: $46,054
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,759 63.3%
Black or African American alone 5,300 34.4%
Asian alone 20 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1 0.0%
Two or more races 337 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 155 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 3,401 22.1%
18–24 1,255 8.1%
25–44 3,370 21.8%
45–64 4,046 26.2%
65 and over 3,352 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $408.3M; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,027
Establishments: 249

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 866 29.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 602 20.2%
Manufacturing 411 13.8%
Public administration 252 8.4%
Leisure & hospitality 235 7.9%
Natural resources & mining 208 7.0%
Professional & business services 180 6.0%
Construction 140 4.7%
Information 10 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.1%
Median gross rent: $803
Owner-occupied: 5,250
Renter-occupied: 996

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,571 votes cast

Republican 5,093 67.3%
Democratic 2,430 32.1%
Other / third-party 48 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 92 0.6%
Spanish 86 0.6%
Korean 77 0.5%
German 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,246
Family households: 4,434; 71.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,976
Single-mother households: 653
Veterans: 735; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,072 51.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,766 11.3%
Black Protestant 526 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.3%
With a disability: 24.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th 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: De Kalb, Meridian, Quitman, Waynesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 33.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023