Jury Pool Profile

Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Democratic +25 (2024)

Population: 8,376
Median household income: $35,930
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,366 28.2%
Black or African American alone 5,628 67.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 200 2.4%
Two or more races 182 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.1

Under 18 1,728 20.6%
18–24 580 6.9%
25–44 2,377 28.4%
45–64 2,111 25.2%
65 and over 1,580 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +2.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $201.3M; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,087
Establishments: 123

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 578 40.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 287 19.9%
Public administration 142 9.9%
Manufacturing 119 8.3%
Leisure & hospitality 52 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 35 2.4%
Financial activities 26 1.8%
Other services 15 1.0%
Construction 9 0.6%
Information 4 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.0%
Median gross rent: $674
Owner-occupied: 2,713
Renter-occupied: 723

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,931 votes cast

Democratic 1,817 62.0%
Republican 1,075 36.7%
Other / third-party 39 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 21 0.3%
Other Indo-European 17 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,436
Family households: 1,740; 50.6% of households
Married w/ children: 793
Single-mother households: 479
Veterans: 343; 5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,307 38.5%
Mainline Protestant 534 6.2%
Black Protestant 438 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 185 2.2%
Catholic 93 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.4%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th 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: Liberty, Meadville, Natchez, Woodville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Mississippi statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 75.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023