Jury Pool Profile
Greene County, Mississippi
- County seat
- Leakesville
- Judicial district
- 19th Circuit Court District
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,707
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,615.
At a glance
Greene County is a 13,707-person venue. The county population is 71% White and 24% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $56,231, $3,070 below the MS state median of $59,301; 10.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and French, Haitian, or Cajun. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 34.2% of covered employment, average pay $41,019/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.66%, above the 3.72% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 81% to 84% of the vote across the three. At least 20% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 13,615
- Median household income
- $54,276
- Unemployment
- 6.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 71% / 24%.
Greene County has a population of 13,615, with a median age of 40.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 71.0%; Black residents 23.8%. Independently, 1.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $56,231; 10.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 7.9%.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 34.2% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 22.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.66%, above the Mississippi state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 83%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Greene County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.5% in 2024, 82.4% in 2020, 80.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (816 individuals).