Wilkinson County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,290 28.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 67 0.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,482 67.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 195 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 128 1.6%

• Under 18 1,640 20.1%
• 18–24 632 7.7%
• 25–44 2,249 27.6%
• 45–64 2,036 24.9%
• 65 and over 1,605 19.7%

Median household income

$38,349

90% interval $33,737–$42,961

−$20,952 vs MS · 80th of 82

Below poverty line

31.6%

90% interval 23.9%–39.3%

+13.8 pp vs MS · 9th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+1.63 pp vs. state

County GDP

$201.3M

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,163

Establishments

122

• Education & health services 630 42.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 290 19.6%
• Public administration 142 9.6%
• Manufacturing 118 8.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 43 2.9%
• Financial activities 26 1.8%
• Information 4 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 84.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.4%

+8.4 pp vs MS · 26th of 82

Median gross rent

$686

−$268 vs MS · 60th of 82

Owner-occupied

2,497

Renter-occupied

688

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $53,729/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,787/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 30 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11 0.1%

Households

3,185

Family households

1,758

55.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

186

10.6% of families

Single-mother families

458

26.1% of families

Veterans

325

5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

84.1%

±4.6 pp

Uninsured

15.9%

±4.6 pp

2nd of 82

With a disability

19.8%

±4.5 pp

42nd of 82

Bachelor's or higher

8.8%

±3 pp

−16.3 pp vs MS · 81st of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.1%

90% interval 9.7%–12.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

61.33 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3