Jury Pool Profile

Columbia County, Georgia

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 159,638
Median household income: $96,122
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 107,888 67.6%
Black or African American alone 28,671 18.0%
Asian alone 7,154 4.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 293 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,508 2.8%
Two or more races 11,119 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,474 7.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 40,030 25.1%
18–24 12,593 7.9%
25–44 44,654 28.0%
45–64 38,891 24.4%
65 and over 23,470 14.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.2B; 0.71% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,681
Establishments: 3,525

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,690 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,841 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 5,896 14.9%
Professional & business services 4,790 12.1%
Manufacturing 3,109 7.8%
Construction 3,048 7.7%
Public administration 1,904 4.8%
Other services 1,488 3.8%
Financial activities 1,314 3.3%
Information 303 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 124 0.3%
Unclassified 123 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.5%
Median gross rent: $1,330
Owner-occupied: 40,881
Renter-occupied: 11,202

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 85,920 votes cast

Republican 53,657 62.4%
Democratic 31,624 36.8%
Other / third-party 639 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,794 5.2%
Other Indo-European 2,261 1.5%
German 1,234 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,112 0.7%
Vietnamese 919 0.6%
Korean 829 0.6%
Chinese 693 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 540 0.4%
Tagalog 390 0.3%
Arabic 364 0.2%
Other 328 0.2%
Slavic languages 315 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 52,083
Family households: 38,829; 74.6% of households
Married w/ children: 30,343
Single-mother households: 3,713
Veterans: 16,951; 14.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 38,598 24.7%
Catholic 8,025 5.1%
Mainline Protestant 7,484 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,298 4.0%
Black Protestant 1,344 0.9%
Orthodox 80 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Columbia 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: Appling

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 4.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023