Jury Pool Profile

Covington County, Mississippi

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 18,226
Median household income: $47,001
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,002 60.4%
Black or African American alone 6,313 34.6%
Asian alone 61 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 170 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 51 0.3%
Some other race alone 49 0.3%
Two or more races 580 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 465 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.7

Under 18 4,388 24.1%
18–24 1,608 8.8%
25–44 4,456 24.4%
45–64 4,563 25.0%
65 and over 3,211 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.65% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,659
Establishments: 389

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,607 27.8%
Education & health services 1,301 22.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,040 18.0%
Construction 533 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 413 7.1%
Public administration 324 5.6%
Natural resources & mining 238 4.1%
Financial activities 137 2.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.0%
Median gross rent: $639
Owner-occupied: 5,379
Renter-occupied: 1,700

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,861 votes cast

Republican 5,869 66.2%
Democratic 2,921 33.0%
Other / third-party 71 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 191 1.1%
Vietnamese 21 0.1%
Other Indo-European 16 0.1%
Chinese 15 0.1%
Korean 12 0.1%
German 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,079
Family households: 4,926; 69.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,560
Single-mother households: 503
Veterans: 998; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,625 47.0%
Black Protestant 988 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 802 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 524 2.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.8%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Bay Springs, Paulding, Collins, Mendenhall, Raleigh

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 86.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023