Jury Pool Profile

Pike County, Mississippi

Republican +4 (2024)

Population: 39,930
Median household income: $41,578
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,769 42.0%
Black or African American alone 21,599 54.1%
Asian alone 223 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 203 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 273 0.7%
Two or more races 863 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 653 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 10,290 25.8%
18–24 3,873 9.7%
25–44 9,192 23.0%
45–64 9,599 24.0%
65 and over 6,976 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.98% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,337
Establishments: 1,033

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,858 26.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,186 22.2%
Manufacturing 2,369 16.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,712 11.9%
Professional & business services 706 4.9%
Public administration 655 4.6%
Financial activities 586 4.1%
Construction 516 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 402 2.8%
Other services 274 1.9%
Information 113 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.9%
Median gross rent: $879
Owner-occupied: 10,187
Renter-occupied: 5,039

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,485 votes cast

Republican 7,943 51.3%
Democratic 7,402 47.8%
Other / third-party 140 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 356 1.0%
Chinese 61 0.2%
Other 53 0.1%
German 43 0.1%
Vietnamese 30 0.1%
Other Indo-European 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 21 0.1%
Korean 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,226
Family households: 8,856; 58.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,124
Single-mother households: 1,641
Veterans: 1,768; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,759 46.5%
Black Protestant 4,404 10.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,149 5.3%
Catholic 1,412 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 829 2.1%
Orthodox 28 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.3%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Brookhaven, Magnolia, Tylertown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 20.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023