Leake County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,831 46.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,403 6.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,303 38.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 477 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,266 5.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%

• Under 18 4,986 23.4%
• 18–24 2,294 10.8%
• 25–44 4,797 22.5%
• 45–64 5,370 25.2%
• 65 and over 3,872 18.2%

Median household income

$57,130

90% interval $53,318–$60,942

−$2,171 vs MS · 21st of 82

Below poverty line

20.8%

90% interval 16.4%–25.2%

+3.0 pp vs MS · 32nd of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$897.2M

0.57% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,836

Establishments

352

• Education & health services 1,364 24.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 929 16.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 385 6.9%
• Public administration 332 6.0%
• Financial activities 142 2.6%
• Construction 107 1.9%
• Professional & business services 79 1.4%
• Information 12 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 60.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.7%

+6.7 pp vs MS · 33rd of 82

Median gross rent

$765

−$189 vs MS · 44th of 82

Owner-occupied

5,690

Renter-occupied

1,724

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $49,336/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Information, $13,775/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 1,127 5.7%
• German or other West Germanic 17 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.0%

Households

7,414

Family households

4,890

66.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,237

25.3% of families

Single-mother families

555

11.3% of families

Veterans

1,026

6.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

84.5%

±2.8 pp

Uninsured

15.5%

±2.8 pp

6th of 82

With a disability

17.3%

±2 pp

57th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

15.7%

±2.2 pp

−9.4 pp vs MS · 58th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.1%

90% interval 12.6%–15.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

61.23 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9