Jury Pool Profile

Cook County, Georgia

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 17,363
Median household income: $50,133
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,340 65.3%
Black or African American alone 4,840 27.9%
Asian alone 43 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 182 1.0%
Two or more races 917 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,216 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 4,400 25.3%
18–24 1,571 9.0%
25–44 4,158 23.9%
45–64 4,431 25.5%
65 and over 2,803 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $535.8M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,348
Establishments: 414

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,093 23.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 782 16.8%
Leisure & hospitality 562 12.1%
Manufacturing 553 11.9%
Natural resources & mining 471 10.1%
Construction 400 8.6%
Public administration 379 8.1%
Professional & business services 176 3.8%
Financial activities 110 2.4%
Other services 105 2.3%
Information 24 0.5%
Unclassified 8 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.1%
Median gross rent: $901
Owner-occupied: 4,055
Renter-occupied: 2,268

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,357 votes cast

Republican 5,374 73.0%
Democratic 1,956 26.6%
Other / third-party 27 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 758 4.7%
German 31 0.2%
Vietnamese 21 0.1%
Korean 14 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,323
Family households: 4,402; 69.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,943
Single-mother households: 411
Veterans: 837; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.4% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.3%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023