Dawson County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,904 85.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,208 7.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 588 1.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 382 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 987 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 164 0.5%

• Under 18 6,177 20.4%
• 18–24 2,413 8.0%
• 25–44 7,419 24.5%
• 45–64 8,333 27.6%
• 65 and over 5,900 19.5%

Median household income

$93,710

90% interval $85,899–$101,521

+$13,798 vs GA · 12th of 159

Below poverty line

8.0%

90% interval 6.2%–9.8%

−4.8 pp vs GA · 150th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,815

Establishments

1,048

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,459 30.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,892 25.2%
• Education & health services 1,586 13.8%
• Manufacturing 937 8.1%
• Professional & business services 677 5.9%
• Construction 593 5.2%
• Public administration 536 4.7%
• Financial activities 377 3.3%
• Other services 302 2.6%
• Information 81 0.7%
• Unclassified 34 0.3%
• Natural resources & mining 24 0.2%

Home ownership

78.7%

+13.0 pp vs GA · 35th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,626

+$233 vs GA · 10th of 159

Owner-occupied

9,103

Renter-occupied

2,470

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $97,144/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,313/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 16,115 82.4%
• Democratic 3,350 17.1%
• Other / third-party 96 0.5%

• Spanish 1,425 5.0%
• Tagalog 150 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 62 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 48 0.2%

Households

11,573

Family households

8,480

73.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,375

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

699

8.2% of families

Veterans

1,715

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,566 35.7%
• Catholic 2,128 7.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 499 1.9%
• Black Protestant 400 1.5%
• Mainline Protestant 130 0.5%

Health insured

88.2%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

11.8%

±2.1 pp

105th of 159

With a disability

11.8%

±1.5 pp

146th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

36.4%

±3.3 pp

+1.5 pp vs GA · 14th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.5%

90% interval 14.1%–16.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Northeastern Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

6 (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

Dawsonville, Gainesville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

20.78 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5