Columbia County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 102,633 63.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,985 8.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 30,392 18.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,675 4.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,328 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 133 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,288 0.8%

• Under 18 40,356 24.8%
• 18–24 12,756 7.9%
• 25–44 45,515 28.0%
• 45–64 39,252 24.2%
• 65 and over 24,555 15.1%

Median household income

$96,487

90% interval $88,020–$104,954

+$16,575 vs GA · 9th of 159

Below poverty line

6.6%

90% interval 5.3%–7.9%

−6.2 pp vs GA · 155th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.2B

0.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,778

Establishments

3,588

• Education & health services 10,329 24.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,948 23.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,229 14.6%
• Professional & business services 5,185 12.1%
• Construction 3,061 7.2%
• Manufacturing 2,822 6.6%
• Public administration 1,914 4.5%
• Other services 1,476 3.4%
• Financial activities 1,305 3.0%
• Information 285 0.7%
• Unclassified 140 0.3%
• Natural resources & mining 113 0.3%

Home ownership

78.1%

+12.4 pp vs GA · 42nd of 159

Median gross rent

$1,409

+$16 vs GA · 19th of 159

Owner-occupied

43,093

Renter-occupied

12,056

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $81,955/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,634/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 53,657 62.4%
• Democratic 31,624 36.8%
• Other / third-party 639 0.7%

• Spanish 7,977 5.2%
• German or other West Germanic 1,386 0.9%
• Vietnamese 989 0.6%
• Chinese 884 0.6%
• Korean 797 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 525 0.3%
• Arabic 467 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 316 0.2%
• Tagalog 192 0.1%

Households

55,149

Family households

41,064

74.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

13,478

32.8% of families

Single-mother families

3,747

9.1% of families

Veterans

16,648

14% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

90.7%

±1 pp

Uninsured

9.3%

±1 pp

144th of 159

With a disability

14.0%

±1 pp

119th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

38.5%

±1.6 pp

+3.6 pp vs GA · 10th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.8%–11.8% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

5

4.1 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5