Cook County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,615 60.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,335 7.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,839 27.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 72 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 530 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 141 0.8%

• Under 18 4,458 25.4%
• 18–24 1,578 9.0%
• 25–44 4,222 24.1%
• 45–64 4,440 25.3%
• 65 and over 2,834 16.2%

Median household income

$58,852

90% interval $53,556–$64,148

−$21,060 vs GA · 79th of 159

Below poverty line

16.6%

90% interval 12.0%–21.2%

+3.8 pp vs GA · 85th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$535.8M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,972

Establishments

414

• Education & health services 1,153 25.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 735 16.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 544 12.0%
• Manufacturing 529 11.7%
• Natural resources & mining 452 10.0%
• Construction 374 8.2%
• Public administration 353 7.8%
• Professional & business services 134 3.0%
• Financial activities 121 2.7%
• Other services 109 2.4%
• Information 28 0.6%
• Unclassified 6 0.1%

Home ownership

66.0%

+0.3 pp vs GA · 110th of 159

Median gross rent

$956

−$437 vs GA · 60th of 159

Owner-occupied

4,162

Renter-occupied

2,142

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $72,171/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,417/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 5,374 73.0%
• Democratic 1,956 26.6%
• Other / third-party 27 0.4%

• Spanish 859 5.3%
• Vietnamese 42 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 30 0.2%
• Korean 23 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 14 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1 0.0%

Households

6,304

Family households

4,334

68.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,031

23.8% of families

Single-mother families

371

8.6% of families

Veterans

885

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,667 32.9%
• Mainline Protestant 671 3.9%
• Black Protestant 424 2.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 206 1.2%

Health insured

84.7%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

15.3%

±2.5 pp

36th of 159

With a disability

15.5%

±2.2 pp

99th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

17.9%

±2.7 pp

−17.0 pp vs GA · 85th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.7%

90% interval 15.1%–18.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Alapaha 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

Adel, Homerville, Lakeland, Nashville, Pearson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

38.24 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5