Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Mississippi

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 19,699
Median household income: $36,791
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,168 56.7%
Black or African American alone 7,318 37.1%
Asian alone 20 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 395 2.0%
Two or more races 793 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 747 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.1

Under 18 4,883 24.8%
18–24 2,085 10.6%
25–44 4,272 21.7%
45–64 4,980 25.3%
65 and over 3,479 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.61 pp vs. state
County GDP: $906.0M; 0.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,388
Establishments: 393

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,379 29.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,258 26.6%
Leisure & hospitality 463 9.8%
Manufacturing 454 9.6%
Professional & business services 308 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 281 5.9%
Public administration 253 5.4%
Financial activities 123 2.6%
Construction 99 2.1%
Other services 80 1.7%
Information 25 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 88.3%
Median gross rent: $786
Owner-occupied: 6,576
Renter-occupied: 870

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,119 votes cast

Republican 6,013 65.9%
Democratic 3,028 33.2%
Other / third-party 78 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,039 5.6%
Vietnamese 18 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,446
Family households: 4,774; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,076
Single-mother households: 582
Veterans: 607; 4.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,981 50.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,211 6.1%
Black Protestant 502 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 181 0.9%
Catholic 98 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.6%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th 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: De Kalb, Meridian, Quitman, Waynesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 47.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023