Jury Pool Profile

Ben Hill County, Georgia

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 17,138
Median household income: $39,081
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,823 57.3%
Black or African American alone 6,468 37.7%
Asian alone 62 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 44 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 349 2.0%
Two or more races 392 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,108 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 4,229 24.7%
18–24 1,462 8.5%
25–44 4,038 23.6%
45–64 4,363 25.5%
65 and over 3,046 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $820.8M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,500
Establishments: 372

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,425 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,075 18.7%
Education & health services 1,031 18.0%
Professional & business services 481 8.4%
Public administration 428 7.5%
Leisure & hospitality 385 6.7%
Other services 355 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 334 5.8%
Financial activities 120 2.1%
Construction 65 1.1%
Information 29 0.5%
Unclassified 10 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.8%
Median gross rent: $692
Owner-occupied: 4,283
Renter-occupied: 2,879

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,501 votes cast

Republican 4,281 65.9%
Democratic 2,199 33.8%
Other / third-party 21 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 924 5.7%
Other Indo-European 97 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 54 0.3%
Chinese 23 0.1%
Korean 10 0.1%
German 4 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,162
Family households: 4,703; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,984
Single-mother households: 621
Veterans: 831; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.3%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 23.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023