Humphreys County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,497 20.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31 0.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,780 78.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 73 1.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,862 25.2%
• 18–24 664 9.0%
• 25–44 1,624 22.0%
• 45–64 1,847 25.0%
• 65 and over 1,398 18.9%

Median household income

$39,287

90% interval $35,454–$43,120

−$20,014 vs MS · 75th of 82

Below poverty line

33.3%

90% interval 25.5%–41.1%

+15.5 pp vs MS · 5th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.0%

+2.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$220.9M

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$37,180

Establishments

180

• Manufacturing 615 31.0%
• Education & health services 468 23.6%
• Public administration 238 12.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 233 11.7%
• Natural resources & mining 124 6.2%
• Financial activities 118 5.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 99 5.0%
• Construction 31 1.6%
• Other services 22 1.1%
• Information 21 1.1%
• Professional & business services 18 0.9%

Home ownership

61.7%

−8.3 pp vs MS · 71st of 82

Median gross rent

$641

−$313 vs MS · 74th of 82

Owner-occupied

1,789

Renter-occupied

1,111

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $67,231/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,038/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 76 1.1%

Households

2,900

Family households

1,870

64.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

161

8.6% of families

Single-mother families

436

23.3% of families

Veterans

223

4% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.7%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

10.3%

±2.5 pp

60th of 82

With a disability

26.2%

±4.3 pp

8th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

19.6%

±3.7 pp

−5.5 pp vs MS · 30th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.0%

90% interval 11.5%–14.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

72.29 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4