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Chattahoochee County, Georgia

Republican +16.5 (2024)
County seat
Cusseta
Judicial district
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
8,465
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 8,887.

At a glance

Chattahoochee County is an 8,465-person venue. The county population is 58% White and 21% Black (Census race-alone categories). 18% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $60,793, $19,119 below the GA state median of $79,912; 29.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Professional & business services, at 47.8% of covered employment, average pay $60,957/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.36%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 54% to 58% of the vote across the three. At least 25% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.

Population
8,887
Median household income
$61,042
Unemployment
7.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 58% / 21%.

Chattahoochee County has a population of 8,887, with a median age of 24.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 58.2%; Black residents 20.7%. Independently, 17.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $60,793; 29.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 4,804 54.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,594 17.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,714 19.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 279 3.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 305 3.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 37 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 30 0.3%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 124 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 24.4

  • Under 18 1,311 14.8%
  • 18–24 3,342 37.6%
  • 25–44 3,064 34.5%
  • 45–64 773 8.7%
  • 65 and over 397 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$60,793
90% interval $53,727–$67,859
−$19,119 vs GA · 73rd of 159
Below poverty line
17.8%
90% interval 13.5%–22.1%
+5.0 pp vs GA · 73rd of 159

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Professional services anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Professional & business services, about 48% of covered jobs.

Professional & business services is the largest employment sector at 47.8% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 13.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.36%, above the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
7.4%
+3.91 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.2B
0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,413
Establishments
136

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Professional & business services 947 47.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 268 13.5%
  • Education & health services 224 11.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 177 8.9%
  • Public administration 97 4.9%
  • Other services 31 1.6%
  • Unclassified 3 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
39.3%
−26.4 pp vs GA · 159th of 159
Median gross rent
$1,348
−$45 vs GA · 20th of 159
Owner-occupied
733
Renter-occupied
1,133

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 73% 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.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 2.2× the lowest ($60,957 vs $27,907/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 15 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 Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 56%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Chattahoochee County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 58.0% in 2024, 55.6% in 2020, 53.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,694 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201653.9%42.8%
202055.6%42.2%
202458.0%41.5%
  • Republican 982 58.0%
  • Democratic 703 41.5%
  • Other / third-party 9 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 76% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 16.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

16.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 18.9% of the adult civilian population (496 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

83.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 889 10.7%
  • Tagalog 58 0.7%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 55 0.7%
  • Chinese 46 0.6%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 29 0.3%
  • Korean 21 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 15 0.2%
  • Arabic 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
1,866
Family households
1,421
76.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
518
36.5% of families
Single-mother families
204
14.4% of families
Veterans
496
18.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

19.5% overall adherence rate

  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 835 8.7%
  • Evangelical Protestant 501 5.2%
  • Black Protestant 480 5.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 46 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.9%
±2.8 pp
Uninsured
6.1%
±2.8 pp
159th of 159
With a disability
12.8%
±3 pp
134th of 159
Bachelor's or higher
29.6%
±5.7 pp
−5.3 pp vs GA · 29th of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.8%
90% interval 6.4%–9.2% · 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
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges
9 (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
Buena Vista, Butler, Columbus, Cusseta, Hamilton, Talbotton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Chattahoochee totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
13.2 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Chattahoochee 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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