Jury Pool Profile

Copiah County, Mississippi

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 27,994
Median household income: $47,994
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,090 43.2%
Black or African American alone 14,196 50.7%
Asian alone 92 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 924 3.3%
Two or more races 690 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,150 4.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 6,319 22.6%
18–24 3,246 11.6%
25–44 6,223 22.2%
45–64 7,022 25.1%
65 and over 5,184 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $948.5M; 0.6% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,976
Establishments: 483

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,909 29.7%
Manufacturing 1,444 22.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,172 18.2%
Leisure & hospitality 566 8.8%
Public administration 449 7.0%
Construction 244 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 235 3.7%
Professional & business services 159 2.5%
Financial activities 119 1.8%
Other services 115 1.8%
Information 23 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.1%
Median gross rent: $682
Owner-occupied: 7,337
Renter-occupied: 2,569

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,665 votes cast

Republican 6,134 52.6%
Democratic 5,426 46.5%
Other / third-party 105 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 663 2.5%
Chinese 49 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 33 0.1%
Arabic 16 0.1%
German 5 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,906
Family households: 6,563; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,265
Single-mother households: 707
Veterans: 1,105; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,294 36.3%
Black Protestant 2,380 8.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,806 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 762 2.7%
Catholic 438 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.0%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 59.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023