Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, Mississippi

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 34,830
Median household income: $48,316
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,616 67.8%
Black or African American alone 10,542 30.3%
Asian alone 184 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 21 0.1%
Two or more races 438 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 443 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 8,080 23.2%
18–24 2,754 7.9%
25–44 8,613 24.7%
45–64 9,348 26.8%
65 and over 6,035 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 1.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,539
Establishments: 861

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,161 32.6%
Education & health services 3,135 24.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,345 10.5%
Manufacturing 1,281 10.0%
Construction 642 5.0%
Public administration 587 4.6%
Professional & business services 498 3.9%
Financial activities 390 3.1%
Other services 335 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 325 2.5%
Information 70 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.8%
Median gross rent: $754
Owner-occupied: 9,614
Renter-occupied: 3,412

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,802 votes cast

Republican 11,432 72.3%
Democratic 4,262 27.0%
Other / third-party 108 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 173 0.5%
Spanish 104 0.3%
Arabic 46 0.1%
German 43 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,026
Family households: 8,600; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 6,324
Single-mother households: 717
Veterans: 1,329; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,755 56.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,677 4.8%
Black Protestant 1,354 3.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 578 1.7%
Catholic 525 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.3%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Brookhaven, Magnolia, Tylertown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 22.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023