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Jury Pool Profile

Humphreys County, Mississippi

Democratic +42 (2024)
Population
7,570
Median household income
$32,976
Unemployment
6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 1,538 20.3%
  • Black or African American alone 5,966 78.8%
  • Asian alone 12 0.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 5 0.1%
  • Two or more races 42 0.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

  • Under 18 1,934 25.5%
  • 18–24 644 8.5%
  • 25–44 1,676 22.1%
  • 45–64 1,923 25.4%
  • 65 and over 1,393 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
6.5%
+2.77 pp vs. state
County GDP
$220.9M
0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay
$37,163
Establishments
181

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 600 31.2%
  • Education & health services 406 21.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 234 12.2%
  • Public administration 227 11.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 159 8.3%
  • Financial activities 120 6.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 68 3.5%
  • Professional & business services 32 1.7%
  • Construction 29 1.5%
  • Information 4 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
59.7%
Median gross rent
$643
Owner-occupied
1,792
Renter-occupied
1,211

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,468 votes cast

  • Democratic 2,443 70.4%
  • Republican 990 28.5%
  • Other / third-party 35 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 72 1.0%
  • Other Indo-European 14 0.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
3,003
Family households
1,921
64.0% of households
Married w/ children
779
Single-mother households
393
Veterans
217
3.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 1,944 25.0%
  • Black Protestant 436 5.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 408 5.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 145 1.9%
  • Catholic 48 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
85.6%
With a disability
27.1%
Bachelor's or higher
19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
4
70.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Humphreys County, Mississippi to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.