Jury Pool Profile

Coffee County, Georgia

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 43,161
Median household income: $50,175
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,205 60.7%
Black or African American alone 12,126 28.1%
Asian alone 292 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 139 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 696 1.6%
Two or more races 3,703 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,576 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 10,622 24.6%
18–24 3,794 8.8%
25–44 12,250 28.4%
45–64 10,192 23.6%
65 and over 6,303 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,678
Establishments: 1,028

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,575 25.6%
Education & health services 4,064 22.7%
Manufacturing 3,748 21.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,521 8.5%
Professional & business services 1,233 6.9%
Construction 723 4.0%
Public administration 689 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 570 3.2%
Financial activities 407 2.3%
Other services 266 1.5%
Information 68 0.4%
Unclassified 24 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.1%
Median gross rent: $713
Owner-occupied: 9,667
Renter-occupied: 5,651

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,715 votes cast

Republican 11,388 72.5%
Democratic 4,295 27.3%
Other / third-party 32 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,441 11.0%
Other Indo-European 180 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 71 0.2%
German 66 0.2%
Vietnamese 58 0.1%
Arabic 28 0.1%
Korean 15 0.0%
Slavic languages 14 0.0%
Other 13 0.0%
Chinese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,318
Family households: 10,412; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 6,674
Single-mother households: 1,532
Veterans: 1,890; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,244 33.1%
Black Protestant 1,938 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,568 3.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,149 2.7%
Catholic 562 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.5%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Waycross Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Alma, Blackshear, Douglas, Folkston, Nahunta, Waycross

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 21.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023