Candler County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,461 58.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,416 12.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,479 22.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 64 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 524 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 62 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 37 0.3%

• Under 18 2,734 24.8%
• 18–24 1,029 9.3%
• 25–44 2,344 21.2%
• 45–64 2,826 25.6%
• 65 and over 2,110 19.1%

Median household income

$49,754

90% interval $43,892–$55,616

−$30,158 vs GA · 125th of 159

Below poverty line

21.3%

90% interval 16.5%–26.1%

+8.5 pp vs GA · 49th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$405.5M

0.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,123

Establishments

277

• Education & health services 1,026 32.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 645 20.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 406 12.7%
• Manufacturing 239 7.5%
• Public administration 181 5.7%
• Professional & business services 172 5.4%
• Other services 96 3.0%
• Financial activities 59 1.9%
• Information 6 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

62.0%

−3.7 pp vs GA · 133rd of 159

Median gross rent

$715

−$678 vs GA · 133rd of 159

Owner-occupied

2,576

Renter-occupied

1,576

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Other services, $64,698/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,004/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 3,366 73.7%
• Democratic 1,196 26.2%
• Other / third-party 6 0.1%

• Spanish 1,174 11.1%
• Tagalog 53 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 25 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.2%
• Chinese 6 0.1%
• Vietnamese 6 0.1%

Households

4,152

Family households

2,684

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

861

32.1% of families

Single-mother families

124

4.6% of families

Veterans

533

6.4% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

84.9%

±4.1 pp

Uninsured

15.1%

±4.1 pp

39th of 159

With a disability

20.8%

±3.8 pp

17th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

16.0%

±3.8 pp

−18.9 pp vs GA · 100th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

20.1%

90% interval 18.2%–22.0% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

84.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6