Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,202 37.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80 0.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,613 59.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 214 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,204 19.8%
• 18–24 911 8.2%
• 25–44 2,373 21.3%
• 45–64 2,897 26.1%
• 65 and over 2,732 24.6%

Median household income

$41,586

90% interval $36,777–$46,395

−$17,715 vs MS · 71st of 82

Below poverty line

23.9%

90% interval 18.3%–29.5%

+6.1 pp vs MS · 20th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$263.8M

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,088

Establishments

155

• Education & health services 532 24.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 276 12.5%
• Public administration 196 8.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 94 4.3%
• Financial activities 27 1.2%

The sectors listed cover 51.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.5%

+14.5 pp vs MS · 4th of 82

Median gross rent

$757

−$197 vs MS · 46th of 82

Owner-occupied

3,761

Renter-occupied

692

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 46% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Education & health services, $43,624/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,745/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 3,041 56.5%
• Republican 2,302 42.8%
• Other / third-party 35 0.7%

• Spanish 87 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 8 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1 0.0%

Households

4,453

Family households

2,962

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

258

8.7% of families

Single-mother families

359

12.1% of families

Veterans

525

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,540 31.3%
• Black Protestant 1,416 12.5%
• Mainline Protestant 364 3.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 249 2.2%
• Catholic 230 2.0%

Health insured

88.9%

±2.7 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±2.7 pp

46th of 82

With a disability

23.2%

±2.8 pp

15th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

12.7%

±2.9 pp

−12.4 pp vs MS · 73rd of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.7%

90% interval 11.2%–14.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

15th 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

Columbia, Monticello, Poplarville, Prentiss, Purvis

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

44.88 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3