Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 11,183
Median household income: $37,183
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,256 38.1%
Black or African American alone 6,729 60.2%
Asian alone 4 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 189 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.7

Under 18 2,222 19.9%
18–24 987 8.8%
25–44 2,308 20.6%
45–64 2,990 26.7%
65 and over 2,676 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $263.8M; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,939
Establishments: 160

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 531 32.4%
Construction 340 20.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 288 17.6%
Public administration 194 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 98 6.0%
Financial activities 29 1.8%
Professional & business services 13 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.7%
Median gross rent: $695
Owner-occupied: 3,582
Renter-occupied: 801

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,378 votes cast

Democratic 3,041 56.5%
Republican 2,302 42.8%
Other / third-party 35 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 14 0.1%
German 8 0.1%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,383
Family households: 2,780; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,740
Single-mother households: 311
Veterans: 591; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.2% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.9%
With a disability: 23.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 33.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023