Clayton County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 23,412 7.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 43,419 14.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 204,842 68.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14,728 4.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 9,956 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 293 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 189 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,085 0.7%

• Under 18 80,080 26.8%
• 18–24 28,849 9.7%
• 25–44 86,027 28.8%
• 45–64 71,946 24.1%
• 65 and over 32,022 10.7%

Median household income

$59,825

90% interval $55,317–$64,333

−$20,087 vs GA · 77th of 159

Below poverty line

17.4%

90% interval 15.0%–19.8%

+4.6 pp vs GA · 79th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.92 pp vs. state

County GDP

$26.3B

2.98% of state

Avg. annual pay

$80,234

Establishments

5,156

• Trade, transportation & utilities 71,114 54.9%
• Education & health services 18,410 14.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 10,700 8.3%
• Professional & business services 8,546 6.6%
• Manufacturing 5,510 4.2%
• Public administration 5,407 4.2%
• Construction 3,862 3.0%
• Financial activities 2,940 2.3%
• Other services 2,256 1.7%
• Information 626 0.5%
• Natural resources & mining 144 0.1%
• Unclassified 132 0.1%

Home ownership

54.5%

−11.2 pp vs GA · 149th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,433

+$40 vs GA · 18th of 159

Owner-occupied

57,782

Renter-occupied

48,159

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 77% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $98,956/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,404/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 25 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 94,203 84.3%
• Republican 16,877 15.1%
• Other / third-party 649 0.6%

• Spanish 35,409 12.7%
• Vietnamese 8,026 2.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,827 1.4%
• Chinese 886 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 648 0.2%
• Tagalog 450 0.2%
• Korean 243 0.1%
• Arabic 213 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 52 0.0%

Households

105,941

Family households

68,790

64.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

12,358

18.0% of families

Single-mother families

13,639

19.8% of families

Veterans

15,418

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 64,372 21.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 31,242 10.5%
• Catholic 18,097 6.1%
• Black Protestant 17,568 5.9%
• Mainline Protestant 4,823 1.6%

Health insured

83.0%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

17.0%

±1.2 pp

23rd of 159

With a disability

12.0%

±0.8 pp

142nd of 159

Bachelor's or higher

22.5%

±1.2 pp

−12.4 pp vs GA · 59th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.2%

90% interval 14.9%–17.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Clayton Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

7 (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

Jonesboro

Traffic fatalities

47

21.48 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

47