Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, Mississippi

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 83,138
Median household income: $67,144
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 52,720 63.4%
Black or African American alone 24,885 29.9%
Asian alone 890 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 210 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 219 0.3%
Some other race alone 1,965 2.4%
Two or more races 2,249 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,835 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.7

Under 18 20,871 25.1%
18–24 6,947 8.4%
25–44 21,700 26.1%
45–64 20,848 25.1%
65 and over 12,772 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.5B; 4.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,183
Establishments: 2,687

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 12,712 24.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,006 21.0%
Manufacturing 10,103 19.2%
Professional & business services 6,297 12.0%
Leisure & hospitality 5,199 9.9%
Financial activities 2,322 4.4%
Construction 1,729 3.3%
Public administration 1,388 2.6%
Other services 936 1.8%
Information 747 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 93 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.2%
Median gross rent: $929
Owner-occupied: 22,347
Renter-occupied: 9,476

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 35,338 votes cast

Republican 24,339 68.9%
Democratic 10,616 30.0%
Other / third-party 383 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,872 2.4%
Vietnamese 283 0.4%
Other Indo-European 249 0.3%
Tagalog 232 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 126 0.2%
Korean 115 0.1%
Arabic 95 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 81 0.1%
Slavic languages 79 0.1%
German 77 0.1%
Other 52 0.1%
Chinese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 31,823
Family households: 21,915; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 15,896
Single-mother households: 2,364
Veterans: 3,550; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 35,402 42.5%
Mainline Protestant 6,127 7.4%
Black Protestant 4,232 5.1%
Catholic 1,305 1.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,215 1.5%
Orthodox 130 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.0%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Circuit Court District
Judges: 4 (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: Aberdeen, Booneville, Corinth, Fulton, Iuka, Pontotoc, Tupelo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 24.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023