Neshoba County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,601 57.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 238 0.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,143 21.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 190 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 882 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4,555 15.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 323 1.1%

• Under 18 7,954 27.5%
• 18–24 2,503 8.7%
• 25–44 6,895 23.8%
• 45–64 6,687 23.1%
• 65 and over 4,893 16.9%

Median household income

$59,316

90% interval $54,155–$64,477

+$15 vs MS · 15th of 82

Below poverty line

18.6%

90% interval 14.4%–22.8%

+0.8 pp vs MS · 57th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.96% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,460

Establishments

586

• Education & health services 2,671 21.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,622 20.6%
• Public administration 2,151 16.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,086 16.4%
• Construction 1,585 12.4%
• Manufacturing 438 3.4%
• Professional & business services 393 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 299 2.3%
• Financial activities 267 2.1%
• Other services 153 1.2%
• Information 68 0.5%

Home ownership

78.1%

+8.1 pp vs MS · 27th of 82

Median gross rent

$839

−$115 vs MS · 29th of 82

Owner-occupied

8,029

Renter-occupied

2,254

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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 (Professional & business services, $104,420/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,225/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 22 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 8,154 75.1%
• Democratic 2,622 24.1%
• Other / third-party 85 0.8%

• Spanish 101 0.4%
• Tagalog 95 0.4%
• Vietnamese 50 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 39 0.1%
• Chinese 29 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.0%

Households

10,283

Family households

7,536

73.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,562

20.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,086

14.4% of families

Veterans

1,337

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 12,334 42.4%
• Mainline Protestant 2,925 10.1%
• Catholic 825 2.8%
• Black Protestant 556 1.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 332 1.1%

Health insured

88.1%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

11.9%

±2.2 pp

33rd of 82

With a disability

17.6%

±2.2 pp

54th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

17.7%

±2.1 pp

−7.4 pp vs MS · 43rd of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.8%

90% interval 11.5%–14.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th 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

Carthage, Decatur, Forest, Philadelphia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

33.37 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7