Jury Pool Profile

Winston County, Mississippi

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 17,609
Median household income: $49,071
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,745 49.7%
Black or African American alone 8,319 47.2%
Asian alone 12 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 218 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 27 0.2%
Two or more races 288 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 3,901 22.2%
18–24 1,576 8.9%
25–44 3,992 22.7%
45–64 4,419 25.1%
65 and over 3,721 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $683.6M; 0.43% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,215
Establishments: 363

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,205 23.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,130 22.3%
Manufacturing 1,119 22.1%
Leisure & hospitality 415 8.2%
Professional & business services 334 6.6%
Public administration 278 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 207 4.1%
Construction 166 3.3%
Financial activities 108 2.1%
Other services 75 1.5%
Information 27 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.7%
Median gross rent: $654
Owner-occupied: 4,929
Renter-occupied: 2,141

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,384 votes cast

Republican 4,922 58.7%
Democratic 3,392 40.5%
Other / third-party 70 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Other 88 0.5%
Spanish 80 0.5%
Arabic 52 0.3%
Vietnamese 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,070
Family households: 4,346; 61.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,645
Single-mother households: 821
Veterans: 876; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,176 51.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,856 10.5%
Black Protestant 1,010 5.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 198 1.1%
Catholic 56 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 23.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.6%

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: 4; 29.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023