Jury Pool Profile

Holmes County, Mississippi

Democratic +62 (2024)

Population: 16,491
Median household income: $29,434
Unemployment: 6.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,349 14.2%
Black or African American alone 13,591 82.4%
Asian alone 38 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 491 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 71 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.8

Under 18 4,091 24.8%
18–24 1,761 10.7%
25–44 3,941 23.9%
45–64 4,030 24.4%
65 and over 2,668 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.7%; +2.95 pp vs. state
County GDP: $334.2M; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,381
Establishments: 288

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,367 45.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 489 16.3%
Manufacturing 349 11.6%
Public administration 295 9.8%
Natural resources & mining 136 4.5%
Leisure & hospitality 107 3.6%
Financial activities 81 2.7%
Other services 71 2.4%
Construction 34 1.1%
Information 9 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.6%
Median gross rent: $589
Owner-occupied: 3,635
Renter-occupied: 2,368

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,730 votes cast

Democratic 5,420 80.5%
Republican 1,243 18.5%
Other / third-party 67 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 54 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 42 0.3%
Other Indo-European 31 0.2%
Other 7 0.0%
German 5 0.0%
Chinese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,003
Family households: 3,501; 58.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,745
Single-mother households: 752
Veterans: 534; 4.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,082 24.0%
Black Protestant 2,754 16.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,222 7.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 232 1.4%
Catholic 9 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.4%
With a disability: 33.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd Circuit Court District
Judges: 1 (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: Belzoni, Lexington, Yazoo City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 88.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023