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Jury Pool Profile

Carroll County, Georgia

Republican +41.2 (2024)
County seat
Carrollton
Judicial district
West Georgia Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
131,036
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 124,569.

At a glance

Carroll County is a 131,036-person venue. The county population is 68% White and 19% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $75,188, $4,724 below the GA state median of $79,912; 23.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 26.3% of covered employment, average pay $68,872/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.26%, below the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 68% to 70% of the vote across the three.

Population
124,569
Median household income
$73,714
Unemployment
3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 68% / 19%.

Carroll County has a population of 124,569, with a median age of 35.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 68.3%; Black residents 18.5%. Independently, 8.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $75,188; 23.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 83,070 66.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,771 8.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 22,683 18.2%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,060 0.9%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,262 4.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 337 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,386 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 35.4

  • Under 18 29,613 23.8%
  • 18–24 15,192 12.2%
  • 25–44 32,379 26.0%
  • 45–64 29,682 23.8%
  • 65 and over 17,703 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$75,188
90% interval $69,695–$80,681
−$4,724 vs GA · 35th of 159
Below poverty line
13.3%
90% interval 11.1%–15.5%
+0.5 pp vs GA · 112th of 159

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 26% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 26.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.26%, below the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.3%
−0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP
$7.9B
0.9% of state
Avg. annual pay
$60,551
Establishments
2,768

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 12,118 26.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 8,442 18.3%
  • Manufacturing 7,811 16.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 5,425 11.8%
  • Professional & business services 4,185 9.1%
  • Construction 3,445 7.5%
  • Public administration 1,784 3.9%
  • Financial activities 1,061 2.3%
  • Other services 1,004 2.2%
  • Information 554 1.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 238 0.5%
  • Unclassified 81 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
71.3%
+5.6 pp vs GA · 80th of 159
Median gross rent
$1,153
−$240 vs GA · 30th of 159
Owner-occupied
31,438
Renter-occupied
12,668

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Construction, $86,390/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,513/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Carroll County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 70.3% in 2024, 68.8% in 2020, 68.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 60,494 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201668.5%28.4%
202068.8%29.8%
202470.3%29.1%
  • Republican 42,536 70.3%
  • Democratic 17,634 29.1%
  • Other / third-party 324 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

8.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.0% of the adult civilian population (5,705 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

92.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 7,269 6.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 558 0.5%
  • German or other West Germanic 213 0.2%
  • Korean 123 0.1%
  • Chinese 123 0.1%
  • Tagalog 40 0.0%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 21 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
44,106
Family households
31,861
72.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
8,848
27.8% of families
Single-mother families
3,660
11.5% of families
Veterans
5,705
6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

51.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 42,639 35.8%
  • Catholic 7,912 6.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 7,370 6.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,233 1.9%
  • Black Protestant 1,694 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
88.0%
±1.3 pp
Uninsured
12.0%
±1.3 pp
97th of 159
With a disability
15.6%
±1 pp
98th of 159
Bachelor's or higher
23.8%
±1.5 pp
−11.1 pp vs GA · 53rd of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
15.0%
90% interval 13.8%–16.2% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
West Georgia 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
Carrollton, Franklin

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Carroll totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 19 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
19
20.01 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
17

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Carroll County, Georgia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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