Newton County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,594 59.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 404 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,659 31.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 111 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 459 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 671 3.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 195 0.9%

• Under 18 5,075 24.1%
• 18–24 2,396 11.4%
• 25–44 4,678 22.2%
• 45–64 5,306 25.2%
• 65 and over 3,638 17.2%

Median household income

$49,159

90% interval $43,524–$54,794

−$10,142 vs MS · 52nd of 82

Below poverty line

21.6%

90% interval 17.8%–25.4%

+3.8 pp vs MS · 28th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$699.4M

0.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,630

Establishments

375

• Education & health services 1,543 30.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 981 19.3%
• Manufacturing 637 12.5%
• Construction 551 10.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 380 7.5%
• Public administration 285 5.6%
• Natural resources & mining 244 4.8%
• Financial activities 160 3.1%
• Other services 140 2.8%
• Professional & business services 123 2.4%
• Information 37 0.7%

Home ownership

79.1%

+9.1 pp vs MS · 23rd of 82

Median gross rent

$638

−$316 vs MS · 76th of 82

Owner-occupied

6,098

Renter-occupied

1,615

• 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, $68,444/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,777/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 6,641 71.2%
• Democratic 2,603 27.9%
• Other / third-party 79 0.8%

• Spanish 238 1.2%
• Vietnamese 34 0.2%
• Tagalog 16 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.1%
• Chinese 5 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%

Households

7,713

Family households

5,130

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,456

28.4% of families

Single-mother families

471

9.2% of families

Veterans

1,057

6.6% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

87.8%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

12.2%

±2.3 pp

28th of 82

With a disability

22.2%

±2.3 pp

22nd of 82

Bachelor's or higher

19.3%

±3.1 pp

−5.8 pp vs MS · 34th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.9%

90% interval 10.6%–13.2% · 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

6

37.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5