Jury Pool Profile

Forrest County, Mississippi

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 78,027
Median household income: $52,821
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 44,647 57.2%
Black or African American alone 27,898 35.8%
Asian alone 672 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 80 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 166 0.2%
Some other race alone 588 0.8%
Two or more races 3,976 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,264 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.8

Under 18 17,784 22.8%
18–24 12,840 16.5%
25–44 20,348 26.1%
45–64 16,408 21.0%
65 and over 10,647 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.8B; 3.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,547
Establishments: 1,988

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 14,017 35.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,150 18.2%
Leisure & hospitality 4,973 12.6%
Manufacturing 3,610 9.2%
Professional & business services 3,584 9.1%
Public administration 2,021 5.1%
Construction 1,684 4.3%
Financial activities 1,443 3.7%
Other services 625 1.6%
Information 179 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 105 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.1%
Median gross rent: $960
Owner-occupied: 16,964
Renter-occupied: 12,758

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,466 votes cast

Republican 16,579 58.2%
Democratic 11,475 40.3%
Other / third-party 412 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,710 2.3%
Vietnamese 244 0.3%
Other Indo-European 201 0.3%
Chinese 173 0.2%
Other 112 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 59 0.1%
Tagalog 59 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 43 0.1%
Arabic 25 0.0%
German 8 0.0%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%
Korean 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 29,722
Family households: 18,308; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 12,017
Single-mother households: 2,771
Veterans: 3,938; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 37,947 48.6%
Mainline Protestant 5,977 7.6%
Catholic 4,683 6.0%
Black Protestant 4,532 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,616 3.3%
Orthodox 28 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.0%
With a disability: 19.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Hattiesburg, New Augusta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 34.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023