Jury Pool Profile

Lawrence County, Mississippi

Republican +37 (2024)

Population: 11,883
Median household income: $43,368
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,641 64.3%
Black or African American alone 3,775 31.8%
Asian alone 36 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 44 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 142 1.2%
Two or more races 245 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 245 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 3,027 25.5%
18–24 1,002 8.4%
25–44 2,533 21.3%
45–64 3,175 26.7%
65 and over 2,146 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $526.5M; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,759
Establishments: 216

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 810 30.0%
Education & health services 717 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 468 17.3%
Public administration 169 6.3%
Leisure & hospitality 133 4.9%
Professional & business services 131 4.9%
Financial activities 100 3.7%
Construction 99 3.7%
Natural resources & mining 38 1.4%
Information 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.7%
Median gross rent: $835
Owner-occupied: 3,530
Renter-occupied: 793

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,053 votes cast

Republican 4,113 67.9%
Democratic 1,899 31.4%
Other / third-party 41 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 117 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.3%
Other 21 0.2%
Vietnamese 19 0.2%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%
German 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,323
Family households: 2,909; 67.3% of households
Married w/ children: 2,126
Single-mother households: 229
Veterans: 430; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,167 51.3%
Mainline Protestant 694 5.8%
Black Protestant 304 2.5%
Catholic 19 0.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.1%
With a disability: 28.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.7%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023