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Clinch County, Georgia

Republican +51.6 (2024)
County seat
Homerville
Judicial district
Alapaha Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
6,847
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,759.

At a glance

Clinch County is a 6,847-person venue. The county population is 65% White and 26% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $50,547, $29,365 below the GA state median of $79,912; 9.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 38.4% of covered employment, average pay $60,458/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.75%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 76% of the vote across the three.

Population
6,759
Median household income
$45,847
Unemployment
3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 65% / 26%.

Clinch County has a population of 6,759, with a median age of 37.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 64.7%; Black residents 25.7%. Independently, 6.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $50,547; 9.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.0% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 4,278 63.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 448 6.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,734 25.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 20 0.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 206 3.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 73 1.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 37.7

  • Under 18 1,676 24.8%
  • 18–24 477 7.1%
  • 25–44 1,916 28.3%
  • 45–64 1,484 22.0%
  • 65 and over 1,206 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$50,547
90% interval $44,499–$56,595
−$29,365 vs GA · 121st of 159
Below poverty line
22.0%
90% interval 16.6%–27.4%
+9.2 pp vs GA · 43rd of 159

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, about 38% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 38.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.75%, above the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.8%
+0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP
$315.8M
0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay
$48,380
Establishments
177

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 915 38.4%
  • Education & health services 543 22.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 298 12.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 215 9.0%
  • Public administration 118 4.9%
  • Professional & business services 100 4.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 94 3.9%
  • Other services 43 1.8%
  • Information 24 1.0%
  • Construction 19 0.8%
  • Financial activities 12 0.5%
  • Unclassified 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
70.8%
+5.1 pp vs GA · 85th of 159
Median gross rent
$509
−$884 vs GA · 159th of 159
Owner-occupied
1,720
Renter-occupied
708

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 74% 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.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $60,458/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,785/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 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 strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Clinch County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.7% in 2024, 73.6% in 2020, 70.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,908 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201670.6%28.0%
202073.6%26.0%
202475.7%24.1%
  • Republican 2,201 75.7%
  • Democratic 702 24.1%
  • Other / third-party 5 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

8.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 4.3% of the adult civilian population (221 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

91.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 460 7.3%
  • Vietnamese 5 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
2,428
Family households
1,597
65.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
334
20.9% of families
Single-mother families
224
14.0% of families
Veterans
221
4.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,197 32.6%
  • Black Protestant 698 10.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 230 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
78.0%
±6.7 pp
Uninsured
22.0%
±6.7 pp
5th of 159
With a disability
19.3%
±5.2 pp
30th of 159
Bachelor's or higher
9.1%
±2.7 pp
−25.8 pp vs GA · 156th of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
17.2%
90% interval 15.4%–19.0% · 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
Alapaha Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges
3 (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
Adel, Homerville, Lakeland, Nashville, Pearson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

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

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

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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