Crisp County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,537 48.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 715 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,861 44.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 99 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 464 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 103 0.5%

• Under 18 4,673 23.6%
• 18–24 1,663 8.4%
• 25–44 4,774 24.1%
• 45–64 4,767 24.1%
• 65 and over 3,913 19.8%

Median household income

$47,101

90% interval $41,828–$52,374

−$32,811 vs GA · 138th of 159

Below poverty line

22.8%

90% interval 17.3%–28.3%

+10.0 pp vs GA · 33rd of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

+0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,778

Establishments

597

• Education & health services 2,236 26.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,087 24.8%
• Manufacturing 1,200 14.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 999 11.9%
• Public administration 558 6.6%
• Professional & business services 373 4.4%
• Construction 288 3.4%
• Financial activities 225 2.7%
• Other services 217 2.6%
• Natural resources & mining 154 1.8%
• Information 63 0.7%
• Unclassified 10 0.1%

Home ownership

55.5%

−10.2 pp vs GA · 148th of 159

Median gross rent

$778

−$615 vs GA · 119th of 159

Owner-occupied

4,389

Renter-occupied

3,519

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $72,862/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,658/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 5,099 62.8%
• Democratic 2,993 36.9%
• Other / third-party 24 0.3%

• Spanish 501 2.7%
• German or other West Germanic 33 0.2%
• Chinese 28 0.2%
• Vietnamese 19 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 17 0.1%
• Korean 17 0.1%
• Arabic 6 0.0%

Households

7,908

Family households

5,326

67.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

972

18.3% of families

Single-mother families

791

14.9% of families

Veterans

1,252

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,973 39.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,473 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 983 4.9%
• Black Protestant 760 3.8%
• Catholic 187 0.9%

Health insured

85.5%

±2.9 pp

Uninsured

14.5%

±2.9 pp

50th of 159

With a disability

19.4%

±2.3 pp

29th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

15.3%

±2.8 pp

−19.6 pp vs GA · 111th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.2%

90% interval 11.8%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Cordele 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

Abbeville, Cordele, Fitzgerald, Vienna

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

46.31 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7