Jury Pool Profile

Neshoba County, Mississippi

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 28,927
Median household income: $53,087
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,708 57.8%
Black or African American alone 6,201 21.4%
Asian alone 174 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,605 15.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 248 0.9%
Two or more races 991 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 255 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.7

Under 18 7,948 27.5%
18–24 2,594 9.0%
25–44 6,610 22.9%
45–64 6,936 24.0%
65 and over 4,839 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.96% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,469
Establishments: 586

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,615 21.6%
Leisure & hospitality 2,595 21.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,150 17.8%
Public administration 2,097 17.3%
Construction 1,024 8.5%
Manufacturing 434 3.6%
Professional & business services 400 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 300 2.5%
Financial activities 265 2.2%
Other services 154 1.3%
Information 60 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.3%
Median gross rent: $759
Owner-occupied: 7,745
Renter-occupied: 2,540

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,861 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.6% speak only English at home

Other 2,491 9.3%
Spanish 95 0.4%
Tagalog 69 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 59 0.2%
Vietnamese 44 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%
Chinese 14 0.1%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,285
Family households: 7,045; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,374
Single-mother households: 981
Veterans: 1,346; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.3% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.0%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 42.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023