Jury Pool Profile

Stone County, Mississippi

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 18,515
Median household income: $59,307
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,174 76.6%
Black or African American alone 3,329 18.0%
Asian alone 75 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 122 0.7%
Two or more races 799 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 456 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 3,984 21.5%
18–24 2,348 12.7%
25–44 4,169 22.5%
45–64 4,785 25.8%
65 and over 3,229 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $565.2M; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,655
Establishments: 332

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,376 28.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,035 21.6%
Leisure & hospitality 651 13.6%
Manufacturing 520 10.8%
Public administration 331 6.9%
Natural resources & mining 261 5.4%
Construction 234 4.9%
Professional & business services 192 4.0%
Financial activities 125 2.6%
Information 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.0%
Median gross rent: $839
Owner-occupied: 5,295
Renter-occupied: 1,321

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,919 votes cast

Republican 6,214 78.5%
Democratic 1,620 20.5%
Other / third-party 85 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 135 0.8%
Chinese 44 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 34 0.2%
Other Indo-European 25 0.1%
Other 9 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,616
Family households: 4,960; 75.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,942
Single-mother households: 466
Veterans: 1,051; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,290 23.4%
Black Protestant 1,276 7.0%
Mainline Protestant 866 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 675 3.7%
Catholic 248 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.7%
With a disability: 21.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Circuit Court District
Judges: 4 (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 St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, Wiggins

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 75.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023