Jury Pool Profile

Scott County, Mississippi

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 27,754
Median household income: $48,492
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,958 50.3%
Black or African American alone 9,291 33.5%
Asian alone 45 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 103 0.4%
Some other race alone 2,532 9.1%
Two or more races 1,825 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,118 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 7,767 28.0%
18–24 2,416 8.7%
25–44 6,526 23.5%
45–64 6,621 23.9%
65 and over 4,424 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.91% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,025
Establishments: 527

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,736 49.7%
Education & health services 1,925 14.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,724 12.7%
Professional & business services 617 4.6%
Leisure & hospitality 611 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 561 4.1%
Construction 513 3.8%
Public administration 505 3.7%
Financial activities 201 1.5%
Information 7 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.9%
Median gross rent: $888
Owner-occupied: 6,953
Renter-occupied: 2,715

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,891 votes cast

Republican 6,098 61.7%
Democratic 3,729 37.7%
Other / third-party 64 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,014 11.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 76 0.3%
Tagalog 42 0.2%
Other 12 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,668
Family households: 6,911; 71.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,404
Single-mother households: 1,012
Veterans: 1,136; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,090 53.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,871 6.7%
Black Protestant 730 2.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 599 2.1%
Catholic 100 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.1%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.1%

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: 18; 90.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023