Jury Pool Profile

Lowndes County, Mississippi

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 58,187
Median household income: $54,460
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,181 50.2%
Black or African American alone 25,585 44.0%
Asian alone 639 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 136 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 709 1.2%
Two or more races 1,937 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,305 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37

Under 18 13,848 23.8%
18–24 5,639 9.7%
25–44 14,922 25.6%
45–64 13,922 23.9%
65 and over 9,856 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 2.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,640
Establishments: 1,558

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,202 24.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,733 22.5%
Manufacturing 4,259 16.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,780 10.9%
Construction 1,909 7.5%
Professional & business services 1,673 6.6%
Public administration 1,315 5.2%
Financial activities 719 2.8%
Other services 514 2.0%
Information 237 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 144 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.3%
Median gross rent: $909
Owner-occupied: 14,224
Renter-occupied: 8,605

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,426 votes cast

Republican 13,087 53.6%
Democratic 11,096 45.4%
Other / third-party 243 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 722 1.3%
Other Indo-European 248 0.5%
Tagalog 156 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 118 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 95 0.2%
German 42 0.1%
Chinese 40 0.1%
Arabic 31 0.1%
Korean 26 0.0%
Vietnamese 25 0.0%
Other 16 0.0%
Slavic languages 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,829
Family households: 14,262; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 9,359
Single-mother households: 2,063
Veterans: 3,654; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

84.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 26,471 45.0%
Black Protestant 16,970 28.8%
Mainline Protestant 4,336 7.4%
Catholic 1,083 1.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 710 1.2%
Orthodox 32 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.2%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Columbus, Macon, Starkville, West Point

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 27.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023