Bacon County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,026 72.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 944 8.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,487 13.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 96 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 544 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,793 25.1%
• 18–24 987 8.9%
• 25–44 2,459 22.1%
• 45–64 2,887 26.0%
• 65 and over 1,983 17.9%

Median household income

$49,454

90% interval $43,867–$55,041

−$30,458 vs GA · 126th of 159

Below poverty line

20.7%

90% interval 15.8%–25.6%

+7.9 pp vs GA · 52nd of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.12 pp vs. state

County GDP

$508.2M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,921

Establishments

288

• Education & health services 988 26.4%
• Manufacturing 606 16.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 566 15.1%
• Professional & business services 334 8.9%
• Public administration 279 7.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 170 4.5%
• Financial activities 116 3.1%

The sectors listed cover 81.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.6%

+2.9 pp vs GA · 94th of 159

Median gross rent

$743

−$650 vs GA · 127th of 159

Owner-occupied

2,886

Renter-occupied

1,318

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $70,292/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,367/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 675 6.5%
• Tagalog 37 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 15 0.1%

Households

4,204

Family households

2,799

66.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

666

23.8% of families

Single-mother families

347

12.4% of families

Veterans

748

9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

85.1%

±3.3 pp

Uninsured

14.9%

±3.3 pp

40th of 159

With a disability

17.6%

±3.3 pp

61st of 159

Bachelor's or higher

10.4%

±3.1 pp

−24.5 pp vs GA · 150th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.7%

90% interval 16.0%–19.4% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

24.05 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2