Jury Pool Profile

Jasper County, Mississippi

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 16,211
Median household income: $47,157
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,321 45.2%
Black or African American alone 8,630 53.2%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 258 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 99 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 3,703 22.8%
18–24 1,305 8.1%
25–44 3,485 21.5%
45–64 4,273 26.4%
65 and over 3,445 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $656.1M; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,744
Establishments: 240

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,574 40.8%
Education & health services 790 20.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 487 12.6%
Public administration 233 6.0%
Natural resources & mining 213 5.5%
Leisure & hospitality 146 3.8%
Construction 109 2.8%
Professional & business services 98 2.5%
Financial activities 82 2.1%
Information 6 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.2%
Median gross rent: $809
Owner-occupied: 5,316
Renter-occupied: 1,074

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,890 votes cast

Republican 4,118 52.2%
Democratic 3,722 47.2%
Other / third-party 50 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 22 0.1%
Slavic languages 9 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
German 2 0.0%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,390
Family households: 4,009; 62.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,391
Single-mother households: 584
Veterans: 818; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,472 33.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,328 8.1%
Black Protestant 522 3.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 298 1.8%
Catholic 15 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 22.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Circuit Court District
Judges: 2 (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 Springs, Paulding, Collins, Mendenhall, Raleigh

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 31.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023