Jury Pool Profile
George County, Mississippi
Republican +79 (2024)
- Population
- 24,870
- Median household income
- $54,822
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 21,491 86.4%
- Black or African American alone 1,933 7.8%
- Asian alone 67 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 278 1.1%
- Two or more races 1,082 4.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 747 3.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.2
- Under 18 6,759 27.2%
- 18–24 1,894 7.6%
- 25–44 6,300 25.3%
- 45–64 6,141 24.7%
- 65 and over 3,776 15.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.2%
- +1.42 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $652.6M
- 0.41% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $41,438
- Establishments
- 398
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,613 30.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,477 28.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 610 11.6%
- Manufacturing 290 5.5%
- Public administration 265 5.1%
- Construction 254 4.8%
- Financial activities 216 4.1%
- Professional & business services 210 4.0%
- Natural resources & mining 139 2.7%
- Information 6 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 83.6%
- Median gross rent
- $868
- Owner-occupied
- 7,688
- Renter-occupied
- 1,507
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 11,069 votes cast
- Republican 9,858 89.1%
- Democratic 1,138 10.3%
- Other / third-party 73 0.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 214 0.9%
- Vietnamese 47 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 31 0.1%
- Slavic languages 28 0.1%
- Other 23 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 9,195
- Family households
- 6,678
- 72.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,092
- Single-mother households
- 484
- Veterans
- 1,451
- 8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
47.6% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 9,686 39.8%
- Black Protestant 704 2.9%
- Mainline Protestant 644 2.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 406 1.7%
- Catholic 157 0.6%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 86.9%
- With a disability
- 20.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 19th 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
- Leakesville, Lucedale, Pascagoula
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 33.13 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023