Jury Pool Profile

Clayton County, Georgia

Democratic +69 (2024)

Population: 298,771
Median household income: $58,507
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,422 11.5%
Black or African American alone 208,577 69.8%
Asian alone 14,928 5.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 673 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 228 0.1%
Some other race alone 19,074 6.4%
Two or more races 20,869 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42,738 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.3

Under 18 81,489 27.3%
18–24 28,802 9.6%
25–44 85,891 28.7%
45–64 71,906 24.1%
65 and over 30,683 10.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +1.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $26.3B; 2.98% of state
Avg. annual pay: $77,005
Establishments: 5,233

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 70,985 54.5%
Education & health services 18,246 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 10,722 8.2%
Professional & business services 9,422 7.2%
Public administration 5,592 4.3%
Manufacturing 5,408 4.1%
Financial activities 3,000 2.3%
Other services 2,204 1.7%
Information 660 0.5%
Unclassified 138 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 53.2%
Median gross rent: $1,307
Owner-occupied: 56,182
Renter-occupied: 49,444

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 111,729 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 35,363 12.7%
Vietnamese 8,667 3.1%
Other 6,291 2.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,266 1.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,119 0.8%
Chinese 841 0.3%
Other Indo-European 603 0.2%
German 533 0.2%
Tagalog 355 0.1%
Korean 253 0.1%
Arabic 192 0.1%
Slavic languages 80 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 105,626
Family households: 69,558; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 35,463
Single-mother households: 13,158
Veterans: 15,971; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.7% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.3%
With a disability: 11.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 37; 17.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 30

NHTSA FARS 2023