Jury Pool Profile

Simpson County, Mississippi

Republican +37 (2024)

Population: 25,817
Median household income: $54,111
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,810 61.2%
Black or African American alone 9,156 35.5%
Asian alone 120 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 42 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 79 0.3%
Some other race alone 116 0.4%
Two or more races 494 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 436 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 6,014 23.3%
18–24 2,229 8.6%
25–44 5,961 23.1%
45–64 6,790 26.3%
65 and over 4,823 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $941.1M; 0.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $37,183
Establishments: 504

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,654 47.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,215 15.8%
Leisure & hospitality 734 9.6%
Construction 588 7.7%
Public administration 421 5.5%
Financial activities 327 4.3%
Professional & business services 263 3.4%
Manufacturing 223 2.9%
Other services 120 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 112 1.5%
Information 24 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.5%
Median gross rent: $819
Owner-occupied: 7,704
Renter-occupied: 1,869

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,094 votes cast

Republican 7,552 68.1%
Democratic 3,479 31.4%
Other / third-party 63 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 339 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 89 0.4%
Other Indo-European 79 0.3%
Korean 41 0.2%
German 32 0.1%
Other 12 0.0%
Tagalog 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,573
Family households: 6,954; 72.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,724
Single-mother households: 840
Veterans: 1,178; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

88.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,755 72.3%
Black Protestant 3,090 11.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 608 2.3%
Mainline Protestant 477 1.8%
Catholic 140 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 21.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Bay Springs, Paulding, Collins, Mendenhall, Raleigh

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 15.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023