Jury Pool Profile

Butts County, Georgia

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 26,074
Median household income: $59,221
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,091 65.5%
Black or African American alone 7,204 27.6%
Asian alone 34 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 278 1.1%
Two or more races 1,448 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 941 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 5,350 20.5%
18–24 2,447 9.4%
25–44 7,116 27.3%
45–64 7,116 27.3%
65 and over 4,045 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,477
Establishments: 550

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,025 35.9%
Education & health services 1,217 14.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,087 12.9%
Manufacturing 955 11.3%
Public administration 950 11.3%
Other services 356 4.2%
Professional & business services 355 4.2%
Construction 294 3.5%
Financial activities 144 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 13 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.1%
Median gross rent: $952
Owner-occupied: 6,219
Renter-occupied: 2,532

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,019 votes cast

Republican 9,424 72.4%
Democratic 3,544 27.2%
Other / third-party 51 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 951 3.8%
German 27 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%
Other Indo-European 17 0.1%
Other 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,751
Family households: 6,642; 75.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,213
Single-mother households: 988
Veterans: 1,350; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,553 25.8%
Catholic 1,346 5.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,263 5.0%
Black Protestant 1,209 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 820 3.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.1%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Towaliga 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: Barnesville, Forsyth, Jackson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 33.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023