Coffee County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 24,094 55.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,861 13.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 12,155 28.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 319 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 709 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 159 0.4%

• Under 18 10,640 24.5%
• 18–24 3,939 9.1%
• 25–44 12,161 28.1%
• 45–64 10,289 23.7%
• 65 and over 6,318 14.6%

Median household income

$50,764

90% interval $45,115–$56,413

−$29,148 vs GA · 117th of 159

Below poverty line

23.3%

90% interval 19.4%–27.2%

+10.5 pp vs GA · 30th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.31 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.26% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,709

Establishments

1,010

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,586 25.5%
• Education & health services 4,113 22.9%
• Manufacturing 3,786 21.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,571 8.7%
• Professional & business services 1,284 7.1%
• Public administration 691 3.8%
• Construction 683 3.8%
• Natural resources & mining 558 3.1%
• Financial activities 399 2.2%
• Information 8 0.0%
• Other services 5 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 98.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

64.7%

−1.0 pp vs GA · 120th of 159

Median gross rent

$710

−$683 vs GA · 135th of 159

Owner-occupied

9,925

Renter-occupied

5,424

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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 (Financial activities, $66,488/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,191/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 4,654 11.5%
• Korean 87 0.2%
• Vietnamese 85 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 75 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 70 0.2%
• Arabic 21 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 12 0.0%
• Chinese 10 0.0%

Households

15,349

Family households

10,276

66.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,643

25.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,636

15.9% of families

Veterans

1,571

4.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

82.1%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

17.9%

±2.5 pp

19th of 159

With a disability

13.3%

±1.6 pp

126th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

13.9%

±1.9 pp

−21.0 pp vs GA · 127th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

20.0%

90% interval 18.2%–21.8% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

18.34 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6