Jury Pool Profile

Lafayette County, Mississippi

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 56,920
Median household income: $64,334
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,747 69.8%
Black or African American alone 13,173 23.1%
Asian alone 1,270 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 70 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 907 1.6%
Two or more races 1,753 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,063 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 30.9

Under 18 10,435 18.3%
18–24 13,431 23.6%
25–44 14,228 25.0%
45–64 11,283 19.8%
65 and over 7,543 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.68 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.2B; 2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,652
Establishments: 1,553

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,407 37.0%
Leisure & hospitality 5,138 20.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,934 15.5%
Professional & business services 1,977 7.8%
Manufacturing 1,548 6.1%
Public administration 1,120 4.4%
Financial activities 996 3.9%
Construction 683 2.7%
Other services 458 1.8%
Information 133 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 46 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.2%
Median gross rent: $1,091
Owner-occupied: 11,704
Renter-occupied: 6,806

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,409 votes cast

Republican 14,050 60.0%
Democratic 8,956 38.3%
Other / third-party 403 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 770 1.4%
Other Indo-European 347 0.6%
German 230 0.4%
Vietnamese 218 0.4%
Arabic 198 0.4%
Chinese 174 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 97 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 80 0.1%
Slavic languages 36 0.1%
Other 19 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,510
Family households: 10,748; 58.1% of households
Married w/ children: 8,130
Single-mother households: 1,195
Veterans: 2,187; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,837 17.6%
Mainline Protestant 5,158 9.2%
Black Protestant 4,844 8.7%
Catholic 1,089 2.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,074 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.7%
With a disability: 10.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 44.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Ashland, Holly Springs, Houston, Okolona, New Albany, Oxford, Pittsboro, Ripley

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 15.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023