Jury Pool Profile
Smith County, Mississippi
Republican +61 (2024)
- Population
- 14,193
- Median household income
- $51,396
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,476 73.8%
- Black or African American alone 3,421 24.1%
- Asian alone 25 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 56 0.4%
- Two or more races 215 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94 0.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.9
- Under 18 3,264 23.0%
- 18–24 1,173 8.3%
- 25–44 3,122 22.0%
- 45–64 3,689 26.0%
- 65 and over 2,945 20.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.7%
- -0.1 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $619.4M
- 0.39% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,765
- Establishments
- 196
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 920 34.4%
- Education & health services 605 22.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 560 20.9%
- Public administration 214 8.0%
- Professional & business services 96 3.6%
- Natural resources & mining 94 3.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 89 3.3%
- Construction 42 1.6%
- Financial activities 31 1.2%
- Information 6 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 86.3%
- Median gross rent
- $664
- Owner-occupied
- 4,660
- Renter-occupied
- 737
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 7,676 votes cast
- Republican 6,146 80.1%
- Democratic 1,486 19.4%
- Other / third-party 44 0.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 209 1.6%
- German 41 0.3%
- Vietnamese 20 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,397
- Family households
- 3,606
- 66.8% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,406
- Single-mother households
- 381
- Veterans
- 516
- 4.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
45.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 5,669 39.9%
- Mainline Protestant 542 3.8%
- Black Protestant 176 1.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 85.7%
- With a disability
- 20.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 14.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 36.6 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023