Jury Pool Profile

Dawson County, Georgia

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 28,704
Median household income: $88,986
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,512 88.9%
Black or African American alone 462 1.6%
Asian alone 257 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 461 1.6%
Two or more races 1,997 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,926 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 5,753 20.0%
18–24 2,302 8.0%
25–44 6,738 23.5%
45–64 8,310 29.0%
65 and over 5,601 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,703
Establishments: 1,030

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,553 31.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,884 25.3%
Education & health services 1,384 12.1%
Manufacturing 977 8.6%
Professional & business services 744 6.5%
Construction 548 4.8%
Public administration 522 4.6%
Financial activities 357 3.1%
Other services 296 2.6%
Information 81 0.7%
Unclassified 34 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 28 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $1,425
Owner-occupied: 8,500
Renter-occupied: 2,344

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,561 votes cast

Republican 16,115 82.4%
Democratic 3,350 17.1%
Other / third-party 96 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,441 5.3%
Tagalog 164 0.6%
Slavic languages 128 0.5%
Other Indo-European 99 0.4%
German 80 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 41 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,844
Family households: 8,010; 73.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,589
Single-mother households: 602
Veterans: 1,557; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.5% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.9%
With a disability: 12.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 26.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023