Jury Pool Profile

Cherokee County, Georgia

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 274,539
Median household income: $105,442
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 214,561 78.2%
Black or African American alone 19,719 7.2%
Asian alone 5,784 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,212 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 84 0.0%
Some other race alone 9,922 3.6%
Two or more races 21,257 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33,341 12.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40

Under 18 63,937 23.3%
18–24 22,571 8.2%
25–44 70,366 25.6%
45–64 75,450 27.5%
65 and over 42,215 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.3B; 1.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,283
Establishments: 8,029

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 17,185 23.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 15,718 21.2%
Leisure & hospitality 11,585 15.6%
Professional & business services 7,742 10.4%
Construction 6,589 8.9%
Manufacturing 6,214 8.4%
Public administration 2,822 3.8%
Financial activities 2,722 3.7%
Other services 2,471 3.3%
Information 742 1.0%
Unclassified 305 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 184 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.4%
Median gross rent: $1,703
Owner-occupied: 76,737
Renter-occupied: 22,395

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 162,281 votes cast

Republican 112,142 69.1%
Democratic 48,838 30.1%
Other / third-party 1,301 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 22,897 8.8%
Other Indo-European 3,304 1.3%
Other 2,234 0.9%
Slavic languages 1,616 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,384 0.5%
German 998 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 892 0.3%
Chinese 640 0.2%
Korean 455 0.2%
Vietnamese 414 0.2%
Arabic 389 0.1%
Tagalog 268 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 99,132
Family households: 74,833; 75.5% of households
Married w/ children: 60,884
Single-mother households: 4,805
Veterans: 15,685; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 77,050 28.9%
Catholic 18,595 7.0%
Mainline Protestant 12,754 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,703 2.9%
Black Protestant 2,992 1.1%
Orthodox 110 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.2%
With a disability: 10.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Blue Ridge 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: Canton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 12.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 25

NHTSA FARS 2023