Jury Pool Profile

Newton County, Mississippi

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 21,151
Median household income: $50,426
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,465 58.9%
Black or African American alone 6,735 31.8%
Asian alone 92 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 518 2.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 818 3.9%
Two or more races 523 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 385 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 5,117 24.2%
18–24 2,395 11.3%
25–44 4,718 22.3%
45–64 5,282 25.0%
65 and over 3,639 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $699.4M; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,490
Establishments: 382

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,513 29.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 977 19.1%
Manufacturing 658 12.8%
Construction 580 11.3%
Leisure & hospitality 377 7.4%
Public administration 295 5.8%
Natural resources & mining 234 4.6%
Other services 159 3.1%
Professional & business services 135 2.6%
Financial activities 40 0.8%
Information 9 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $722
Owner-occupied: 6,073
Renter-occupied: 1,624

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,323 votes cast

Republican 6,641 71.2%
Democratic 2,603 27.9%
Other / third-party 79 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

Other 716 3.6%
Spanish 208 1.1%
Other Indo-European 36 0.2%
Vietnamese 22 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.1%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,697
Family households: 5,007; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,594
Single-mother households: 508
Veterans: 1,185; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,680 45.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,029 4.8%
Black Protestant 320 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 145 0.7%
Catholic 104 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

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: 7; 43.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023