Jury Pool Profile

Walthall County, Mississippi

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 13,864
Median household income: $45,444
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,361 53.1%
Black or African American alone 5,662 40.8%
Asian alone 33 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 206 1.5%
Two or more races 570 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 248 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 3,133 22.6%
18–24 1,355 9.8%
25–44 3,084 22.2%
45–64 3,472 25.0%
65 and over 2,820 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $383.3M; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $38,595
Establishments: 223

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 839 37.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 497 21.9%
Manufacturing 274 12.1%
Public administration 183 8.1%
Leisure & hospitality 148 6.5%
Financial activities 62 2.7%
Professional & business services 61 2.7%
Information 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $718
Owner-occupied: 4,278
Renter-occupied: 1,122

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,529 votes cast

Republican 4,114 63.0%
Democratic 2,355 36.1%
Other / third-party 60 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 229 1.8%
Other 23 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 21 0.2%
Other Indo-European 18 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.1%
German 2 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,400
Family households: 3,524; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 2,524
Single-mother households: 348
Veterans: 396; 3.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,664 40.8%
Black Protestant 508 3.7%
Mainline Protestant 349 2.5%
Catholic 150 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 21.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Brookhaven, Magnolia, Tylertown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 18.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023