Jury Pool Profile

Lamar County, Mississippi

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 65,081
Median household income: $69,106
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 47,389 72.8%
Black or African American alone 14,048 21.6%
Asian alone 620 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 74 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 767 1.2%
Two or more races 2,183 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,366 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 15,992 24.6%
18–24 5,275 8.1%
25–44 18,554 28.5%
45–64 15,698 24.1%
65 and over 9,562 14.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 1.76% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,276
Establishments: 1,576

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 5,773 28.7%
Education & health services 5,220 25.9%
Leisure & hospitality 3,482 17.3%
Professional & business services 1,907 9.5%
Financial activities 1,101 5.5%
Construction 897 4.5%
Public administration 521 2.6%
Manufacturing 461 2.3%
Other services 452 2.2%
Information 183 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 131 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.1%
Median gross rent: $1,061
Owner-occupied: 17,068
Renter-occupied: 7,985

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,171 votes cast

Republican 20,775 73.7%
Democratic 7,038 25.0%
Other / third-party 358 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,545 2.5%
Chinese 145 0.2%
Other 143 0.2%
Other Indo-European 125 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 113 0.2%
German 104 0.2%
Korean 88 0.1%
Vietnamese 63 0.1%
Tagalog 49 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,053
Family households: 18,012; 71.9% of households
Married w/ children: 13,543
Single-mother households: 2,162
Veterans: 3,596; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,224 36.2%
Mainline Protestant 3,202 5.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,435 2.2%
Black Protestant 776 1.2%
Catholic 390 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.2%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.2%

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: 12; 24.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023