Jury Pool Profile

Harrison County, Mississippi

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 209,443
Median household income: $57,233
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 132,198 63.1%
Black or African American alone 50,579 24.1%
Asian alone 4,987 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 615 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 211 0.1%
Some other race alone 4,397 2.1%
Two or more races 16,456 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,023 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 49,913 23.8%
18–24 18,484 8.8%
25–44 55,271 26.4%
45–64 51,988 24.8%
65 and over 33,787 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.8B; 8.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,164
Establishments: 5,104

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 23,867 26.8%
Education & health services 21,215 23.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 17,236 19.4%
Professional & business services 7,762 8.7%
Public administration 5,873 6.6%
Financial activities 3,572 4.0%
Construction 3,508 3.9%
Other services 1,872 2.1%
Information 730 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.6%
Median gross rent: $1,074
Owner-occupied: 49,207
Renter-occupied: 32,007

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 75,923 votes cast

Republican 48,497 63.9%
Democratic 26,555 35.0%
Other / third-party 871 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,418 3.8%
Vietnamese 1,611 0.8%
Other Indo-European 1,098 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 753 0.4%
Tagalog 590 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 476 0.2%
German 410 0.2%
Other 318 0.2%
Arabic 227 0.1%
Korean 206 0.1%
Chinese 193 0.1%
Slavic languages 131 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 81,214
Family households: 52,564; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 34,932
Single-mother households: 7,788
Veterans: 20,629; 13.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 38,795 18.6%
Catholic 28,459 13.6%
Mainline Protestant 11,662 5.6%
Black Protestant 9,544 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,813 1.8%
Orthodox 70 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.3%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.5%

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: 29; 18.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 29

NHTSA FARS 2023