Jury Pool Profile

Appling County, Georgia

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 18,426
Median household income: $43,728
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,862 69.8%
Black or African American alone 3,265 17.7%
Asian alone 87 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 98 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 881 4.8%
Two or more races 1,233 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,909 10.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 4,534 24.6%
18–24 1,609 8.7%
25–44 4,360 23.7%
45–64 4,606 25.0%
65 and over 3,317 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,770
Establishments: 503

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,642 34.9%
Education & health services 1,237 16.3%
Construction 965 12.7%
Leisure & hospitality 872 11.5%
Manufacturing 660 8.7%
Public administration 405 5.3%
Natural resources & mining 294 3.9%
Professional & business services 157 2.1%
Financial activities 155 2.0%
Other services 138 1.8%
Information 34 0.4%
Unclassified 13 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.8%
Median gross rent: $711
Owner-occupied: 5,052
Renter-occupied: 1,985

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,334 votes cast

Republican 6,761 81.1%
Democratic 1,560 18.7%
Other / third-party 13 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,527 8.8%
German 142 0.8%
Chinese 46 0.3%
Arabic 39 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.2%
Tagalog 21 0.1%
Other Indo-European 15 0.1%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,037
Family households: 5,010; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,644
Single-mother households: 542
Veterans: 615; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,154 60.5%
Mainline Protestant 796 4.3%
Black Protestant 504 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 408 2.2%
Catholic 174 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.6%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Brunswick Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 6 (Superior Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); State Court + Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 map effective Jan 1, 2025; statewide total 252 Superior Court judgeships per O.C.G.A. § 15-6-2 allocations.)
Court seats: Baxley, Brunswick, Hazlehurst, Jesup, Woodbine

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 21.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023