Jury Pool Profile

Charlton County, Georgia

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 12,711
Median household income: $48,534
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,228 56.9%
Black or African American alone 3,183 25.0%
Asian alone 108 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 75 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 199 1.6%
Two or more races 1,918 15.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,967 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38

Under 18 2,502 19.7%
18–24 1,584 12.5%
25–44 3,484 27.4%
45–64 3,269 25.7%
65 and over 1,872 14.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $288.6M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,782
Establishments: 193

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 459 22.0%
Manufacturing 379 18.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 335 16.1%
Education & health services 302 14.5%
Public administration 174 8.4%
Leisure & hospitality 173 8.3%
Natural resources & mining 117 5.6%
Construction 75 3.6%
Financial activities 35 1.7%
Other services 24 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.1%
Median gross rent: $895
Owner-occupied: 3,193
Renter-occupied: 893

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,628 votes cast

Republican 3,607 77.9%
Democratic 1,007 21.8%
Other / third-party 14 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 559 4.6%
German 25 0.2%
Arabic 16 0.1%
Other Indo-European 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,086
Family households: 2,665; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,698
Single-mother households: 207
Veterans: 851; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,847 22.7%
Black Protestant 866 6.9%
Mainline Protestant 427 3.4%
Catholic 200 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.5%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Waycross 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: Alma, Blackshear, Douglas, Folkston, Nahunta, Waycross

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 29.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023