Jury Pool Profile

Perry County, Mississippi

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 11,459
Median household income: $50,435
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,890 77.6%
Black or African American alone 1,813 15.8%
Asian alone 265 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18 0.2%
Some other race alone 18 0.2%
Two or more races 453 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 200 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 2,529 22.1%
18–24 1,071 9.3%
25–44 2,699 23.6%
45–64 2,982 26.0%
65 and over 2,178 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $439.7M; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,298
Establishments: 172

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 452 21.5%
Manufacturing 403 19.2%
Education & health services 363 17.3%
Public administration 184 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 83 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 77 3.7%
Professional & business services 63 3.0%
Other services 44 2.1%
Construction 28 1.3%
Information 2 0.1%
Financial activities 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.1%
Median gross rent: $650
Owner-occupied: 3,644
Renter-occupied: 908

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,539 votes cast

Republican 4,425 79.9%
Democratic 1,078 19.5%
Other / third-party 36 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Chinese 265 2.4%
Spanish 127 1.2%
German 17 0.2%
Other 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,552
Family households: 2,728; 59.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,800
Single-mother households: 304
Veterans: 721; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,644 49.0%
Black Protestant 736 6.4%
Mainline Protestant 326 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.2%
With a disability: 29.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Hattiesburg, New Augusta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 33.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023