Jury Pool Profile

Dade County, Georgia

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 16,196
Median household income: $58,936
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,915 92.1%
Black or African American alone 260 1.6%
Asian alone 173 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 34 0.2%
Two or more races 812 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 374 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 3,178 19.6%
18–24 1,597 9.9%
25–44 3,925 24.2%
45–64 4,191 25.9%
65 and over 3,305 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $650.4M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,218
Establishments: 310

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,239 27.3%
Education & health services 961 21.2%
Leisure & hospitality 738 16.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 652 14.4%
Public administration 259 5.7%
Professional & business services 217 4.8%
Other services 164 3.6%
Construction 154 3.4%
Financial activities 109 2.4%
Information 29 0.6%
Unclassified 8 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.9%
Median gross rent: $843
Owner-occupied: 4,814
Renter-occupied: 1,364

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,200 votes cast

Republican 6,804 83.0%
Democratic 1,343 16.4%
Other / third-party 53 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 336 2.2%
Other Indo-European 83 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.2%
Vietnamese 28 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.2%
Arabic 19 0.1%
German 18 0.1%
Other 9 0.1%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,178
Family households: 4,356; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,545
Single-mother households: 213
Veterans: 845; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,102 31.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,129 6.9%
Catholic 182 1.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 118 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.7%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: LaFayette, Ringgold, Summerville, Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 30.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023