Bibb County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 53,734 34.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,371 4.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 85,584 54.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,557 2.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,965 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 72 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 73 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,222 0.8%

• Under 18 38,203 24.4%
• 18–24 14,866 9.5%
• 25–44 40,919 26.1%
• 45–64 36,835 23.5%
• 65 and over 25,755 16.4%

Median household income

$50,751

90% interval $46,138–$55,364

−$29,161 vs GA · 118th of 159

Below poverty line

23.4%

90% interval 20.1%–26.7%

+10.6 pp vs GA · 28th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.9 pp vs. state

County GDP

$11.1B

1.26% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,532

Establishments

4,740

• Education & health services 24,490 30.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 17,577 22.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,920 11.2%
• Professional & business services 7,583 9.5%
• Manufacturing 6,933 8.7%
• Financial activities 5,769 7.2%
• Public administration 3,734 4.7%
• Other services 1,736 2.2%
• Information 100 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 96.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

51.4%

−14.3 pp vs GA · 153rd of 159

Median gross rent

$1,066

−$327 vs GA · 41st of 159

Owner-occupied

30,802

Renter-occupied

29,119

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Financial activities, $75,413/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,741/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 42,172 61.0%
• Republican 26,658 38.5%
• Other / third-party 351 0.5%

• Spanish 4,569 3.1%
• Korean 517 0.4%
• Vietnamese 430 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 411 0.3%
• Arabic 229 0.2%
• Tagalog 228 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 192 0.1%
• Chinese 137 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 30 0.0%

Households

59,921

Family households

35,628

59.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,810

19.1% of families

Single-mother families

7,361

20.7% of families

Veterans

8,510

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 50,150 31.9%
• Black Protestant 22,638 14.4%
• Mainline Protestant 10,664 6.8%
• Catholic 4,303 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,667 2.3%
• Orthodox 141 0.1%

Health insured

86.4%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

13.6%

±0.9 pp

70th of 159

With a disability

16.1%

±0.8 pp

87th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

26.3%

±1.3 pp

−8.6 pp vs GA · 39th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.0%

90% interval 13.7%–16.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Macon Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

7 (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

Fort Valley, Knoxville, Macon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

32

27.03 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

31