Jury Pool Profile

Cobb County, Georgia

Democratic +15 (2024)

Population: 769,152
Median household income: $98,712
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 388,587 50.5%
Black or African American alone 207,606 27.0%
Asian alone 41,708 5.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,793 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 379 0.0%
Some other race alone 55,520 7.2%
Two or more races 71,559 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 112,882 14.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.4

Under 18 176,082 22.9%
18–24 69,359 9.0%
25–44 221,029 28.7%
45–64 200,789 26.1%
65 and over 101,893 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $81.9B; 9.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $77,531
Establishments: 28,427

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 81,906 21.3%
Professional & business services 77,624 20.2%
Education & health services 77,461 20.2%
Leisure & hospitality 41,299 10.7%
Construction 31,775 8.3%
Financial activities 23,163 6.0%
Manufacturing 20,190 5.3%
Public administration 10,754 2.8%
Other services 9,563 2.5%
Information 9,396 2.4%
Unclassified 949 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 198 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.0%
Median gross rent: $1,640
Owner-occupied: 196,564
Renter-occupied: 96,846

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 401,369 votes cast

Democratic 228,404 56.9%
Republican 168,679 42.0%
Other / third-party 4,286 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 86,790 12.0%
Other Indo-European 24,668 3.4%
Other 10,767 1.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 7,338 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 7,070 1.0%
Chinese 4,142 0.6%
Vietnamese 3,650 0.5%
Slavic languages 3,398 0.5%
Arabic 2,529 0.3%
German 2,396 0.3%
Korean 2,213 0.3%
Tagalog 1,530 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 293,410
Family households: 194,413; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 144,658
Single-mother households: 17,306
Veterans: 38,258; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 184,184 24.0%
Catholic 123,083 16.1%
Mainline Protestant 67,912 8.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 30,236 3.9%
Black Protestant 16,052 2.1%
Orthodox 1,579 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.8%
With a disability: 9.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 50.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Cobb Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 11 (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: Marietta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 54; 9.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 50

NHTSA FARS 2023