Jury Pool Profile

Hancock County, Mississippi

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 46,057
Median household income: $67,728
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,869 84.4%
Black or African American alone 3,119 6.8%
Asian alone 287 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 203 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 437 0.9%
Two or more races 3,142 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,924 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.7

Under 18 9,009 19.6%
18–24 3,238 7.0%
25–44 10,222 22.2%
45–64 13,508 29.3%
65 and over 10,080 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 1.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,168
Establishments: 1,042

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 2,749 19.1%
Public administration 2,418 16.8%
Education & health services 2,359 16.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,238 15.5%
Professional & business services 2,099 14.6%
Manufacturing 1,134 7.9%
Construction 735 5.1%
Financial activities 352 2.4%
Other services 210 1.5%
Information 96 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.7%
Median gross rent: $999
Owner-occupied: 15,678
Renter-occupied: 4,233

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,175 votes cast

Republican 16,684 78.8%
Democratic 4,262 20.1%
Other / third-party 229 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 839 1.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 330 0.8%
German 115 0.3%
Chinese 84 0.2%
Vietnamese 84 0.2%
Other 66 0.2%
Other Indo-European 64 0.1%
Arabic 55 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 46 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,911
Family households: 13,277; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 10,195
Single-mother households: 1,129
Veterans: 3,606; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,925 12.9%
Evangelical Protestant 4,530 9.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,540 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 698 1.5%
Black Protestant 626 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 18.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Circuit Court District
Judges: 4 (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 St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, Wiggins

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 35.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023