Jury Pool Profile

Candler County, Georgia

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 10,972
Median household income: $50,431
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,658 60.7%
Black or African American alone 2,485 22.6%
Asian alone 66 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 319 2.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 734 6.7%
Two or more races 710 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,398 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 2,754 25.1%
18–24 943 8.6%
25–44 2,277 20.8%
45–64 2,992 27.3%
65 and over 2,006 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $405.5M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,049
Establishments: 272

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 780 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 663 22.6%
Leisure & hospitality 376 12.8%
Professional & business services 226 7.7%
Construction 210 7.2%
Manufacturing 208 7.1%
Public administration 181 6.2%
Other services 82 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 61 2.1%
Financial activities 57 1.9%
Information 6 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.5%
Median gross rent: $706
Owner-occupied: 2,614
Renter-occupied: 1,569

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,568 votes cast

Republican 3,366 73.7%
Democratic 1,196 26.2%
Other / third-party 6 0.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,143 11.1%
Tagalog 53 0.5%
German 13 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
Vietnamese 8 0.1%
Chinese 7 0.1%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,183
Family households: 2,770; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,067
Single-mother households: 236
Veterans: 641; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,098 37.3%
Mainline Protestant 430 3.9%
Black Protestant 278 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 182 1.7%
Catholic 140 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.7%
With a disability: 21.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Middle 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: Louisville, Lyons, Metter, Sandersville, Swainsboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 48.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023