Jury Pool Profile

Leflore County, Mississippi

Democratic +38 (2024)

Population: 27,432
Median household income: $33,188
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,859 21.4%
Black or African American alone 20,432 74.5%
Asian alone 143 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 629 2.3%
Two or more races 350 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 837 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.5

Under 18 7,592 27.7%
18–24 2,670 9.7%
25–44 6,942 25.3%
45–64 6,093 22.2%
65 and over 4,135 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +2.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.92% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,592
Establishments: 820

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,097 32.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,393 19.0%
Manufacturing 2,020 16.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,134 9.0%
Public administration 604 4.8%
Construction 568 4.5%
Professional & business services 563 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 464 3.7%
Financial activities 379 3.0%
Other services 222 1.8%
Information 122 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 54.1%
Median gross rent: $701
Owner-occupied: 5,391
Renter-occupied: 4,582

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,421 votes cast

Democratic 6,476 68.7%
Republican 2,854 30.3%
Other / third-party 91 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 450 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 55 0.2%
Other 54 0.2%
Chinese 46 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.1%
Other Indo-European 22 0.1%
German 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,973
Family households: 6,000; 60.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,698
Single-mother households: 1,382
Veterans: 502; 2.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,521 30.1%
Black Protestant 5,328 18.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,970 7.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 847 3.0%
Catholic 520 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.9%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Circuit Court District
Judges: 3 (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: Greenville, Greenwood, Indianola

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 15.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023