Jury Pool Profile

Leake County, Mississippi

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 21,288
Median household income: $48,418
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,942 46.7%
Black or African American alone 8,319 39.1%
Asian alone 125 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,312 6.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,066 5.0%
Two or more races 524 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,260 5.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40

Under 18 4,981 23.4%
18–24 2,079 9.8%
25–44 5,021 23.6%
45–64 5,384 25.3%
65 and over 3,823 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $897.2M; 0.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,257
Establishments: 350

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,345 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 924 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 474 8.8%
Public administration 317 5.9%
Financial activities 138 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 120 2.2%
Professional & business services 83 1.5%
Information 12 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.9%
Median gross rent: $757
Owner-occupied: 5,601
Renter-occupied: 1,783

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,380 votes cast

Republican 5,143 61.4%
Democratic 3,182 38.0%
Other / third-party 55 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,073 5.4%
Other 664 3.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
German 21 0.1%
Other Indo-European 20 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,384
Family households: 4,998; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,405
Single-mother households: 522
Veterans: 1,208; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,789 46.0%
Black Protestant 2,012 9.5%
Mainline Protestant 861 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 236 1.1%
Catholic 42 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.9%
With a disability: 19.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Carthage, Decatur, Forest, Philadelphia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 55.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023