Stone County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,213 75.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 496 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,228 17.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 91 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 806 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 55 0.3%

• Under 18 4,007 21.2%
• 18–24 2,514 13.3%
• 25–44 4,179 22.1%
• 45–64 4,909 26.0%
• 65 and over 3,285 17.4%

Median household income

$62,350

90% interval $55,761–$68,939

+$3,049 vs MS · 11th of 82

Below poverty line

16.0%

90% interval 12.2%–19.8%

−1.8 pp vs MS · 68th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$565.2M

0.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,892

Establishments

338

• Education & health services 1,379 27.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,188 23.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 649 12.8%
• Manufacturing 544 10.7%
• Public administration 319 6.3%
• Professional & business services 312 6.2%
• Natural resources & mining 247 4.9%
• Construction 226 4.5%
• Information 4 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 96.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.7%

+10.7 pp vs MS · 16th of 82

Median gross rent

$936

−$18 vs MS · 15th of 82

Owner-occupied

5,409

Renter-occupied

1,296

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $68,828/yr) pays 6.8× the lowest (Information, $10,140/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 137 0.8%
• Chinese 48 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 23 0.1%
• Vietnamese 13 0.1%

Households

6,705

Family households

4,922

73.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,324

26.9% of families

Single-mother families

408

8.3% of families

Veterans

1,114

7.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

87.1%

±2.8 pp

Uninsured

12.9%

±2.8 pp

21st of 82

With a disability

21.9%

±3 pp

23rd of 82

Bachelor's or higher

17.2%

±3 pp

−7.9 pp vs MS · 49th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.9%

90% interval 11.5%–14.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

47.02 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7