Banks County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,487 85.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,409 7.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 520 2.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 357 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 464 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 4,117 21.4%
• 18–24 1,503 7.8%
• 25–44 4,863 25.2%
• 45–64 5,430 28.2%
• 65 and over 3,351 17.4%

Median household income

$78,587

90% interval $71,883–$85,291

−$1,325 vs GA · 30th of 159

Below poverty line

9.5%

90% interval 6.8%–12.2%

−3.3 pp vs GA · 142nd of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$690.0M

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,590

Establishments

386

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,126 22.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,000 19.6%
• Education & health services 754 14.8%
• Professional & business services 714 14.0%
• Manufacturing 533 10.4%
• Public administration 345 6.8%
• Construction 284 5.6%
• Natural resources & mining 214 4.2%
• Other services 78 1.5%
• Information 7 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 98.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.7%

+13.0 pp vs GA · 34th of 159

Median gross rent

$827

−$566 vs GA · 95th of 159

Owner-occupied

5,397

Renter-occupied

1,459

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $67,782/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,360/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 9,358 89.0%
• Democratic 1,136 10.8%
• Other / third-party 25 0.2%

• Spanish 1,094 6.0%
• German or other West Germanic 152 0.8%
• Vietnamese 88 0.5%
• Korean 21 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16 0.1%

Households

6,856

Family households

5,083

74.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,533

30.2% of families

Single-mother families

221

4.3% of families

Veterans

869

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,568 75.2%
• Mainline Protestant 530 2.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

Health insured

88.2%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

11.8%

±2.3 pp

104th of 159

With a disability

14.7%

±2.1 pp

110th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

18.6%

±2.4 pp

−16.3 pp vs GA · 81st of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.1%

90% interval 14.6%–17.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

3 (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

Clarkesville, Clayton, Homer, Toccoa

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

19.81 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3