Jury Pool Profile

Banks County, Georgia

Republican +78 (2024)

Population: 18,757
Median household income: $68,830
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,320 87.0%
Black or African American alone 315 1.7%
Asian alone 275 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 521 2.8%
Two or more races 1,310 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,299 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 4,017 21.4%
18–24 1,477 7.9%
25–44 4,525 24.1%
45–64 5,523 29.4%
65 and over 3,215 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $690.0M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,856
Establishments: 383

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,141 23.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,087 22.3%
Education & health services 719 14.7%
Manufacturing 498 10.2%
Professional & business services 486 10.0%
Public administration 343 7.0%
Construction 262 5.4%
Natural resources & mining 198 4.1%
Other services 78 1.6%
Financial activities 34 0.7%
Information 6 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $788
Owner-occupied: 5,205
Renter-occupied: 1,582

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,519 votes cast

Republican 9,358 89.0%
Democratic 1,136 10.8%
Other / third-party 25 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,047 5.9%
German 235 1.3%
Vietnamese 96 0.5%
Other Indo-European 35 0.2%
Korean 23 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
Other 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,787
Family households: 4,902; 72.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,974
Single-mother households: 198
Veterans: 936; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

78.2% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 20.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023