Lowndes County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,359 49.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,329 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 25,189 43.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 589 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,792 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 139 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 441 0.8%

• Under 18 13,745 23.8%
• 18–24 5,500 9.5%
• 25–44 14,900 25.8%
• 45–64 13,664 23.6%
• 65 and over 10,029 17.3%

Median household income

$56,293

90% interval $51,033–$61,553

−$3,008 vs MS · 24th of 82

Below poverty line

17.5%

90% interval 13.7%–21.3%

−0.3 pp vs MS · 61st of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.9B

2.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,265

Establishments

1,549

• Education & health services 6,517 24.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,470 20.9%
• Manufacturing 4,273 16.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,822 10.8%
• Construction 2,491 9.5%
• Professional & business services 1,675 6.4%
• Public administration 1,311 5.0%
• Financial activities 716 2.7%
• Other services 532 2.0%
• Information 220 0.8%
• Natural resources & mining 136 0.5%

Home ownership

61.3%

−8.7 pp vs MS · 72nd of 82

Median gross rent

$930

−$24 vs MS · 16th of 82

Owner-occupied

14,098

Renter-occupied

8,908

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $90,119/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,100/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 13,087 53.6%
• Democratic 11,096 45.4%
• Other / third-party 243 1.0%

• Spanish 773 1.4%
• Tagalog 189 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 118 0.2%
• Vietnamese 47 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 38 0.1%
• Chinese 35 0.1%
• Arabic 25 0.0%
• Korean 19 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 12 0.0%

Households

23,006

Family households

14,556

63.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,466

23.8% of families

Single-mother families

2,183

15.0% of families

Veterans

3,836

8.9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.5%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±1.4 pp

58th of 82

With a disability

13.2%

±1.1 pp

75th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

28.1%

±2.2 pp

+3.0 pp vs MS · 11th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.2%

90% interval 10.0%–12.4% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

31.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14