Jury Pool Profile

Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

Republican +0 (2024)

Population: 51,473
Median household income: $43,482
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,713 55.8%
Black or African American alone 18,650 36.2%
Asian alone 1,478 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 120 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 17 0.0%
Some other race alone 322 0.6%
Two or more races 2,173 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,220 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 25.5

Under 18 9,001 17.5%
18–24 16,132 31.3%
25–44 11,804 22.9%
45–64 8,415 16.3%
65 and over 6,121 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 1.67% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,613
Establishments: 1,092

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,199 45.0%
Leisure & hospitality 3,639 17.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,060 15.0%
Professional & business services 1,106 5.4%
Manufacturing 920 4.5%
Financial activities 808 4.0%
Public administration 703 3.4%
Construction 429 2.1%
Other services 365 1.8%
Information 166 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 32 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 47.5%
Median gross rent: $873
Owner-occupied: 10,125
Renter-occupied: 11,175

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,051 votes cast

Republican 8,901 49.3%
Democratic 8,851 49.0%
Other / third-party 299 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 500 1.0%
Other Indo-European 442 0.9%
Chinese 304 0.6%
Other 247 0.5%
Vietnamese 223 0.5%
Arabic 188 0.4%
Slavic languages 107 0.2%
Korean 78 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 68 0.1%
Tagalog 63 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 52 0.1%
German 35 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,300
Family households: 10,523; 49.4% of households
Married w/ children: 7,250
Single-mother households: 1,543
Veterans: 2,086; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,124 27.3%
Black Protestant 4,314 8.3%
Mainline Protestant 4,277 8.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,223 2.4%
Catholic 1,147 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 45.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 18.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023