Jury Pool Profile

Colquitt County, Georgia

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 45,907
Median household income: $49,691
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,313 57.3%
Black or African American alone 10,472 22.8%
Asian alone 386 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 546 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,537 12.1%
Two or more races 2,653 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,066 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 11,825 25.8%
18–24 3,916 8.5%
25–44 11,892 25.9%
45–64 11,182 24.4%
65 and over 7,092 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,979
Establishments: 1,170

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,206 26.9%
Manufacturing 2,963 19.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,905 18.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,132 7.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,067 6.8%
Professional & business services 789 5.1%
Public administration 731 4.7%
Construction 601 3.8%
Other services 550 3.5%
Financial activities 540 3.5%
Information 106 0.7%
Unclassified 27 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.4%
Median gross rent: $779
Owner-occupied: 10,660
Renter-occupied: 6,147

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,611 votes cast

Republican 12,451 75.0%
Democratic 4,114 24.8%
Other / third-party 46 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,041 16.4%
Other 206 0.5%
Vietnamese 197 0.5%
German 160 0.4%
Other Indo-European 94 0.2%
Chinese 15 0.0%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%
Arabic 5 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,807
Family households: 11,431; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 6,979
Single-mother households: 1,688
Veterans: 2,104; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,556 42.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,574 3.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,378 3.0%
Black Protestant 1,196 2.6%
Catholic 632 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 79.2%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Southern Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Moultrie, Quitman, Statenville, Thomasville, Valdosta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 32.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023