Jury Pool Profile

Berrien County, Georgia

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 18,257
Median household income: $50,414
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,839 81.3%
Black or African American alone 1,929 10.6%
Asian alone 192 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24 0.1%
Some other race alone 283 1.6%
Two or more races 990 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,079 5.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 4,347 23.8%
18–24 1,275 7.0%
25–44 4,606 25.2%
45–64 4,787 26.2%
65 and over 3,242 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $553.2M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,776
Establishments: 323

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,090 28.7%
Education & health services 835 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 621 16.4%
Public administration 350 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 321 8.5%
Professional & business services 188 5.0%
Natural resources & mining 133 3.5%
Financial activities 94 2.5%
Construction 83 2.2%
Other services 42 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.0%
Median gross rent: $771
Owner-occupied: 4,750
Renter-occupied: 2,131

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,068 votes cast

Republican 6,841 84.8%
Democratic 1,209 15.0%
Other / third-party 18 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 709 4.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 116 0.7%
Korean 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%
German 4 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,881
Family households: 4,848; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,541
Single-mother households: 543
Veterans: 992; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,735 37.1%
Catholic 800 4.4%
Mainline Protestant 799 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 235 1.3%
Black Protestant 76 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.2%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Alapaha 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: Adel, Homerville, Lakeland, Nashville, Pearson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 21.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023