Jury Pool Profile

Bleckley County, Georgia

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 12,414
Median household income: $53,005
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,557 68.9%
Black or African American alone 3,232 26.0%
Asian alone 89 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 220 1.8%
Two or more races 295 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 464 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.4

Under 18 2,477 20.0%
18–24 1,865 15.0%
25–44 2,837 22.9%
45–64 3,037 24.5%
65 and over 2,198 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $367.1M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,487
Establishments: 220

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 913 29.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 669 21.4%
Leisure & hospitality 299 9.6%
Public administration 245 7.8%
Professional & business services 188 6.0%
Financial activities 123 3.9%
Other services 40 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.3%
Median gross rent: $765
Owner-occupied: 3,140
Renter-occupied: 1,143

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,044 votes cast

Republican 4,685 77.5%
Democratic 1,339 22.2%
Other / third-party 20 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 171 1.4%
Chinese 35 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.2%
Other 10 0.1%
Vietnamese 9 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,283
Family households: 3,126; 73.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,155
Single-mother households: 511
Veterans: 807; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,489 35.7%
Mainline Protestant 315 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 249 2.0%
Black Protestant 152 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 20.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Oconee 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: Alamo, Cochran, Eastman, Hawkinsville, McRae-Helena, Mount Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 60.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023