Jury Pool Profile

Bacon County, Georgia

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 11,129
Median household income: $50,310
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,227 73.9%
Black or African American alone 1,671 15.0%
Asian alone 77 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 411 3.7%
Two or more races 736 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 929 8.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 2,829 25.4%
18–24 1,052 9.5%
25–44 2,512 22.6%
45–64 2,863 25.7%
65 and over 1,873 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; +0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $508.2M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,583
Establishments: 290

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 952 25.2%
Manufacturing 635 16.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 576 15.2%
Professional & business services 328 8.7%
Public administration 275 7.3%
Leisure & hospitality 186 4.9%
Financial activities 121 3.2%
Other services 62 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $789
Owner-occupied: 2,966
Renter-occupied: 1,047

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,839 votes cast

Republican 4,186 86.5%
Democratic 645 13.3%
Other / third-party 8 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 672 6.3%
Other Indo-European 57 0.5%
Tagalog 28 0.3%
Other 22 0.2%
German 10 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,013
Family households: 2,640; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,882
Single-mother households: 318
Veterans: 558; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,494 40.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 235 2.1%
Mainline Protestant 192 1.7%
Black Protestant 120 1.1%
Catholic 100 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.5%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Waycross Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Alma, Blackshear, Douglas, Folkston, Nahunta, Waycross

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023