Jury Pool Profile

Kemper County, Mississippi

Democratic +17 (2024)

Population: 8,855
Median household income: $43,595
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,986 33.7%
Black or African American alone 5,352 60.4%
Asian alone 3 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 313 3.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 23 0.3%
Two or more races 178 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 64 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 1,610 18.2%
18–24 1,254 14.2%
25–44 1,978 22.3%
45–64 2,119 23.9%
65 and over 1,894 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $358.7M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,014
Establishments: 135

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 712 40.1%
Manufacturing 289 16.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 288 16.2%
Public administration 174 9.8%
Construction 104 5.9%
Natural resources & mining 87 4.9%
Leisure & hospitality 52 2.9%
Professional & business services 29 1.6%
Financial activities 28 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $470
Owner-occupied: 2,489
Renter-occupied: 720

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,086 votes cast

Democratic 2,381 58.3%
Republican 1,691 41.4%
Other / third-party 14 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.8% speak only English at home

Other 132 1.6%
Spanish 101 1.2%
Other Indo-European 18 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.1%
Tagalog 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,209
Family households: 2,141; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,335
Single-mother households: 407
Veterans: 491; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,788 19.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,585 17.6%
Black Protestant 100 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.4%
With a disability: 23.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Circuit Court District
Judges: 3 (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: De Kalb, Meridian, Quitman, Waynesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 55.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023