Jury Pool Profile

Brooks County, Georgia

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 16,285
Median household income: $47,656
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,343 57.4%
Black or African American alone 5,658 34.7%
Asian alone 143 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.1%
Some other race alone 484 3.0%
Two or more races 635 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,048 6.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 3,452 21.2%
18–24 1,356 8.3%
25–44 3,725 22.9%
45–64 4,369 26.8%
65 and over 3,383 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $644.7M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,261
Establishments: 316

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 773 23.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 717 21.7%
Other services 443 13.4%
Natural resources & mining 400 12.1%
Public administration 238 7.2%
Manufacturing 207 6.3%
Professional & business services 195 5.9%
Leisure & hospitality 131 4.0%
Financial activities 101 3.1%
Construction 77 2.3%
Information 5 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.4%
Median gross rent: $752
Owner-occupied: 4,220
Renter-occupied: 1,774

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,210 votes cast

Republican 4,560 63.2%
Democratic 2,629 36.5%
Other / third-party 21 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 392 2.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 70 0.5%
German 7 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,994
Family households: 3,686; 61.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,600
Single-mother households: 478
Veterans: 999; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,423 27.1%
Black Protestant 1,510 9.3%
Mainline Protestant 628 3.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 200 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.3%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Southern Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Moultrie, Quitman, Statenville, Thomasville, Valdosta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 38.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023