Jury Pool Profile

Jones County, Mississippi

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 66,839
Median household income: $51,143
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 43,698 65.4%
Black or African American alone 19,200 28.7%
Asian alone 256 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 449 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,445 2.2%
Two or more races 1,791 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,071 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.6

Under 18 16,885 25.3%
18–24 6,209 9.3%
25–44 16,327 24.4%
45–64 15,818 23.7%
65 and over 11,600 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.6B; 2.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,614
Establishments: 1,434

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 8,147 28.7%
Education & health services 7,029 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,914 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,543 9.0%
Professional & business services 1,489 5.2%
Construction 1,039 3.7%
Public administration 990 3.5%
Financial activities 857 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 797 2.8%
Other services 426 1.5%
Information 159 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.8%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 18,150
Renter-occupied: 6,450

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,755 votes cast

Republican 20,265 73.0%
Democratic 7,272 26.2%
Other / third-party 218 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,872 4.6%
Other Indo-European 118 0.2%
Other 105 0.2%
Vietnamese 72 0.1%
Tagalog 46 0.1%
Chinese 32 0.1%
Arabic 28 0.0%
Slavic languages 20 0.0%
Korean 12 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,600
Family households: 17,031; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 11,762
Single-mother households: 2,114
Veterans: 3,014; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 38,576 57.4%
Black Protestant 6,174 9.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,522 3.8%
Catholic 1,996 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,193 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.4%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th 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: Laurel, Ellisville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 32.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023