Jury Pool Profile

Chattooga County, Georgia

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 24,975
Median household income: $47,785
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,514 82.1%
Black or African American alone 2,381 9.5%
Asian alone 20 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 319 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 428 1.7%
Two or more races 1,313 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,361 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 5,382 21.5%
18–24 2,067 8.3%
25–44 6,411 25.7%
45–64 6,537 26.2%
65 and over 4,578 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.85 pp vs. state
County GDP: $735.7M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,955
Establishments: 388

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,377 27.6%
Education & health services 1,095 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 985 19.7%
Public administration 492 9.9%
Leisure & hospitality 374 7.5%
Construction 298 6.0%
Financial activities 114 2.3%
Professional & business services 97 1.9%
Other services 71 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 63 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $789
Owner-occupied: 6,161
Renter-occupied: 2,981

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,706 votes cast

Republican 8,769 81.9%
Democratic 1,896 17.7%
Other / third-party 41 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,159 4.9%
Other 77 0.3%
Slavic languages 62 0.3%
German 11 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,142
Family households: 5,991; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,009
Single-mother households: 751
Veterans: 1,572; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,724 34.9%
Catholic 2,094 8.4%
Mainline Protestant 994 4.0%
Black Protestant 786 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 126 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.9%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: LaFayette, Ringgold, Summerville, Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 51.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023