Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Mississippi

Democratic +66 (2024)

Population: 7,127
Median household income: $36,207
Unemployment: 10.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 942 13.2%
Black or African American alone 5,789 81.2%
Asian alone 57 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 6 0.1%
Two or more races 327 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 310 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 1,510 21.2%
18–24 816 11.4%
25–44 1,493 20.9%
45–64 1,929 27.1%
65 and over 1,379 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 10.5%; +6.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $141.4M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,225
Establishments: 77

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 468 49.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 209 21.9%
Public administration 162 17.0%
Financial activities 22 2.3%
Information 1 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.8%
Median gross rent: $444
Owner-occupied: 1,870
Renter-occupied: 502

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,299 votes cast

Democratic 2,727 82.7%
Republican 541 16.4%
Other / third-party 31 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 51 0.8%
Other Indo-European 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,372
Family households: 1,638; 69.1% of households
Married w/ children: 790
Single-mother households: 289
Veterans: 240; 4.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.0% overall adherence rate

Black Protestant 906 12.5%
Evangelical Protestant 687 9.5%
Mainline Protestant 562 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 436 6.0%
Catholic 92 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Fayette, Hazlehurst, Port Gibson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 17.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023