Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Mississippi

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 18,462
Median household income: $39,904
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,998 37.9%
Black or African American alone 11,095 60.1%
Asian alone 60 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 306 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 4,175 22.6%
18–24 1,590 8.6%
25–44 4,476 24.2%
45–64 4,639 25.1%
65 and over 3,582 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.98 pp vs. state
County GDP: $688.5M; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,617
Establishments: 396

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,053 31.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,266 19.4%
Education & health services 1,217 18.6%
Leisure & hospitality 710 10.9%
Public administration 332 5.1%
Professional & business services 269 4.1%
Construction 269 4.1%
Financial activities 158 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 145 2.2%
Information 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.7%
Median gross rent: $718
Owner-occupied: 5,465
Renter-occupied: 2,263

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,057 votes cast

Democratic 4,960 54.8%
Republican 4,017 44.4%
Other / third-party 80 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 64 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 47 0.3%
Other 30 0.2%
Tagalog 13 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,728
Family households: 5,016; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,028
Single-mother households: 986
Veterans: 911; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

88.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,328 44.7%
Mainline Protestant 4,856 26.1%
Black Protestant 2,940 15.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 196 1.1%
Catholic 186 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.5%
With a disability: 11.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Columbus, Macon, Starkville, West Point

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023