Jury Pool Profile

Webster County, Mississippi

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 9,942
Median household income: $59,964
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,854 79.0%
Black or African American alone 1,845 18.6%
Asian alone 52 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 47 0.5%
Two or more races 128 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 178 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 2,407 24.2%
18–24 752 7.6%
25–44 2,343 23.6%
45–64 2,577 25.9%
65 and over 1,863 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $254.6M; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,232
Establishments: 203

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 747 36.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 416 20.4%
Leisure & hospitality 212 10.4%
Public administration 156 7.7%
Construction 87 4.3%
Other services 64 3.1%
Professional & business services 62 3.0%
Financial activities 39 1.9%
Information 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.0%
Median gross rent: $618
Owner-occupied: 3,199
Renter-occupied: 902

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,095 votes cast

Republican 4,195 82.3%
Democratic 872 17.1%
Other / third-party 28 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 43 0.5%
Chinese 23 0.2%
Other Indo-European 17 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
German 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,101
Family households: 2,825; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,197
Single-mother households: 164
Veterans: 422; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,033 60.8%
Mainline Protestant 615 6.2%
Black Protestant 100 1.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.7%
With a disability: 22.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Ackerman, Carrollton, Vaiden, Grenada, Kosciusko, Louisville, Walthall, Winona

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 79.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023