Brantley County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,631 90.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 572 3.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 586 3.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 97 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 429 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 3,834 20.9%
• 18–24 1,502 8.2%
• 25–44 4,778 26.1%
• 45–64 5,021 27.4%
• 65 and over 3,180 17.4%

Median household income

$71,966

90% interval $67,706–$76,226

−$7,946 vs GA · 43rd of 159

Below poverty line

15.6%

90% interval 11.9%–19.3%

+2.8 pp vs GA · 92nd of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$371.8M

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,683

Establishments

256

• Education & health services 786 29.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 729 26.9%
• Construction 283 10.5%
• Public administration 259 9.6%
• Manufacturing 201 7.4%
• Natural resources & mining 144 5.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 108 4.0%
• Professional & business services 51 1.9%
• Financial activities 43 1.6%

The sectors listed cover 96.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.9%

+14.2 pp vs GA · 27th of 159

Median gross rent

$755

−$638 vs GA · 125th of 159

Owner-occupied

5,272

Renter-occupied

1,327

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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, $60,454/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,143/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 7,744 91.1%
• Democratic 736 8.7%
• Other / third-party 20 0.2%

• Spanish 143 0.8%
• Korean 56 0.3%
• Chinese 45 0.3%
• Arabic 35 0.2%

Households

6,599

Family households

4,348

65.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,183

27.2% of families

Single-mother families

123

2.8% of families

Veterans

1,192

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,580 31.0%
• Black Protestant 376 2.1%
• Mainline Protestant 112 0.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

79.9%

±2.8 pp

Uninsured

20.1%

±2.8 pp

11th of 159

With a disability

18.5%

±2.8 pp

42nd of 159

Bachelor's or higher

14.5%

±3.6 pp

−20.4 pp vs GA · 119th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.8%

90% interval 17.1%–20.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Waycross Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

4 (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

Alma, Blackshear, Douglas, Folkston, Nahunta, Waycross

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

20.72 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3