Jury Pool Profile

Chatham County, Georgia

Democratic +18 (2024)

Population: 298,143
Median household income: $69,575
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 142,225 47.7%
Black or African American alone 117,507 39.4%
Asian alone 8,596 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 770 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 422 0.1%
Some other race alone 10,064 3.4%
Two or more races 18,559 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,945 8.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 62,410 20.9%
18–24 31,450 10.5%
25–44 85,794 28.8%
45–64 69,675 23.4%
65 and over 48,814 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $28.5B; 3.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,834
Establishments: 10,826

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 43,233 25.3%
Education & health services 32,969 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 24,527 14.4%
Professional & business services 20,517 12.0%
Manufacturing 19,982 11.7%
Public administration 9,210 5.4%
Construction 7,786 4.6%
Financial activities 5,699 3.3%
Other services 5,124 3.0%
Information 1,374 0.8%
Unclassified 290 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 125 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.3%
Median gross rent: $1,382
Owner-occupied: 67,117
Renter-occupied: 52,124

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 141,109 votes cast

Democratic 82,758 58.6%
Republican 57,336 40.6%
Other / third-party 1,015 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 17,491 6.2%
Other Indo-European 2,999 1.1%
Chinese 1,893 0.7%
German 1,508 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,428 0.5%
Vietnamese 1,316 0.5%
Other 1,297 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,211 0.4%
Tagalog 821 0.3%
Korean 648 0.2%
Slavic languages 396 0.1%
Arabic 393 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 119,241
Family households: 71,634; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 47,663
Single-mother households: 9,639
Veterans: 21,338; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 54,895 18.6%
Black Protestant 20,789 7.0%
Catholic 18,680 6.3%
Mainline Protestant 16,766 5.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,489 3.9%
Orthodox 347 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.9%
With a disability: 15.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Eastern Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 8 (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: Savannah

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 39; 16.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 38

NHTSA FARS 2023