Ben Hill County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,100 53.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,162 6.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,485 37.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 74 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 184 1.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 32 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 52 0.3%

• Under 18 4,179 24.5%
• 18–24 1,263 7.4%
• 25–44 4,237 24.8%
• 45–64 4,334 25.4%
• 65 and over 3,076 18.0%

Median household income

$47,228

90% interval $42,595–$51,861

−$32,684 vs GA · 137th of 159

Below poverty line

22.2%

90% interval 16.8%–27.6%

+9.4 pp vs GA · 38th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.55 pp vs. state

County GDP

$820.8M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,438

Establishments

366

• Manufacturing 1,665 29.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,074 19.0%
• Education & health services 1,065 18.8%
• Professional & business services 440 7.8%
• Public administration 429 7.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 366 6.5%
• Natural resources & mining 317 5.6%
• Financial activities 118 2.1%
• Other services 91 1.6%
• Construction 61 1.1%
• Information 30 0.5%
• Unclassified 8 0.1%

Home ownership

63.3%

−2.4 pp vs GA · 128th of 159

Median gross rent

$688

−$705 vs GA · 139th of 159

Owner-occupied

4,481

Renter-occupied

2,601

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $63,914/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,289/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 4,281 65.9%
• Democratic 2,199 33.8%
• Other / third-party 21 0.3%

• Spanish 908 5.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 67 0.4%
• Chinese 35 0.2%
• Korean 24 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 5 0.0%

Households

7,082

Family households

4,594

64.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

865

18.8% of families

Single-mother families

659

14.3% of families

Veterans

855

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,255 53.8%
• Mainline Protestant 881 5.1%
• Black Protestant 394 2.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 169 1.0%
• Catholic 100 0.6%

Health insured

81.0%

±3.1 pp

Uninsured

19.0%

±3.1 pp

15th of 159

With a disability

11.2%

±1.9 pp

149th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

13.0%

±2.5 pp

−21.9 pp vs GA · 134th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.9%

90% interval 13.3%–16.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Cordele 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

Abbeville, Cordele, Fitzgerald, Vienna

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

15.49 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2