Jury Pool Profile

Hinds County, Mississippi

Democratic +46 (2024)

Population: 222,494
Median household income: $49,966
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 52,494 23.6%
Black or African American alone 161,009 72.4%
Asian alone 1,779 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 353 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,657 0.7%
Two or more races 5,187 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,500 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 52,676 23.7%
18–24 23,931 10.8%
25–44 57,902 26.0%
45–64 53,003 23.8%
65 and over 34,982 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $15.4B; 9.76% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,413
Establishments: 5,699

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 43,203 39.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 16,156 14.8%
Professional & business services 11,780 10.8%
Public administration 11,445 10.5%
Leisure & hospitality 8,566 7.8%
Financial activities 5,474 5.0%
Manufacturing 4,533 4.2%
Construction 4,046 3.7%
Other services 2,291 2.1%
Information 1,159 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 515 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.9%
Median gross rent: $1,032
Owner-occupied: 51,934
Renter-occupied: 37,786

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 86,830 votes cast

Democratic 62,840 72.4%
Republican 22,816 26.3%
Other / third-party 1,174 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,839 1.8%
Other Indo-European 886 0.4%
Chinese 359 0.2%
Other 346 0.2%
Vietnamese 319 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 256 0.1%
Arabic 243 0.1%
German 242 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 135 0.1%
Slavic languages 81 0.0%
Korean 81 0.0%
Tagalog 40 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 89,720
Family households: 53,242; 59.3% of households
Married w/ children: 28,901
Single-mother households: 10,195
Veterans: 9,815; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

76.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 93,027 40.8%
Black Protestant 45,089 19.8%
Mainline Protestant 21,717 9.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,085 3.1%
Catholic 7,055 3.1%
Orthodox 275 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.2%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th 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: Jackson, Raymond

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 60; 35.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 54

NHTSA FARS 2023