Jury Pool Profile

DeSoto County, Mississippi

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 188,598
Median household income: $82,980
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 112,258 59.5%
Black or African American alone 60,277 32.0%
Asian alone 2,538 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 445 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,795 2.5%
Two or more races 8,285 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,612 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37

Under 18 47,511 25.2%
18–24 16,507 8.8%
25–44 51,137 27.1%
45–64 48,369 25.6%
65 and over 25,074 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.8B; 6.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,687
Establishments: 3,754

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 31,736 43.7%
Education & health services 12,048 16.6%
Leisure & hospitality 10,461 14.4%
Professional & business services 6,529 9.0%
Manufacturing 3,519 4.8%
Construction 2,533 3.5%
Public administration 2,396 3.3%
Financial activities 1,595 2.2%
Other services 1,365 1.9%
Information 342 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 143 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%
Median gross rent: $1,341
Owner-occupied: 53,934
Renter-occupied: 15,393

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 79,082 votes cast

Republican 48,064 60.8%
Democratic 29,023 36.7%
Other / third-party 1,995 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,530 4.2%
Arabic 720 0.4%
Vietnamese 526 0.3%
Chinese 394 0.2%
Other 271 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 270 0.2%
Other Indo-European 249 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 235 0.1%
German 226 0.1%
Tagalog 89 0.1%
Slavic languages 74 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 69,327
Family households: 51,323; 74.0% of households
Married w/ children: 36,735
Single-mother households: 5,271
Veterans: 10,341; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 63,185 34.1%
Black Protestant 15,670 8.5%
Catholic 7,018 3.8%
Mainline Protestant 6,902 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,410 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Hernando

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 14.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023