Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Mississippi

Democratic +35 (2024)

Population: 43,674
Median household income: $40,117
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,598 24.3%
Black or African American alone 31,511 72.2%
Asian alone 350 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 515 1.2%
Two or more races 667 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 655 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.3

Under 18 11,126 25.5%
18–24 3,665 8.4%
25–44 10,305 23.6%
45–64 10,909 25.0%
65 and over 7,669 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 1.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,446
Establishments: 1,190

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,634 31.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,325 22.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,726 11.8%
Public administration 1,196 8.2%
Professional & business services 975 6.7%
Manufacturing 935 6.4%
Other services 506 3.5%
Financial activities 449 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 362 2.5%
Construction 361 2.5%
Information 134 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.8%
Median gross rent: $786
Owner-occupied: 9,777
Renter-occupied: 7,450

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,540 votes cast

Democratic 9,735 67.0%
Republican 4,649 32.0%
Other / third-party 156 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 726 1.8%
Other Indo-European 253 0.6%
German 63 0.2%
Chinese 52 0.1%
Slavic languages 48 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 47 0.1%
Other 32 0.1%
Korean 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,227
Family households: 10,193; 59.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,578
Single-mother households: 1,634
Veterans: 1,395; 4.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,266 42.9%
Black Protestant 9,932 22.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,141 4.8%
Catholic 1,624 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,009 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.8%
With a disability: 24.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Circuit Court District
Judges: 3 (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: Greenville, Greenwood, Indianola

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 58.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023