Jury Pool Profile

Decatur County, Georgia

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 29,118
Median household income: $50,485
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,565 50.0%
Black or African American alone 12,234 42.0%
Asian alone 208 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 210 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 775 2.7%
Two or more races 1,126 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,972 6.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

Under 18 7,090 24.3%
18–24 2,652 9.1%
25–44 7,441 25.6%
45–64 7,041 24.2%
65 and over 4,894 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,182
Establishments: 802

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,938 22.3%
Education & health services 1,820 21.0%
Manufacturing 887 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 837 9.6%
Natural resources & mining 754 8.7%
Public administration 638 7.3%
Professional & business services 576 6.6%
Construction 545 6.3%
Financial activities 378 4.4%
Other services 225 2.6%
Information 64 0.7%
Unclassified 21 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.8%
Median gross rent: $860
Owner-occupied: 6,478
Renter-occupied: 3,996

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,549 votes cast

Republican 7,140 61.8%
Democratic 4,372 37.9%
Other / third-party 37 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,441 5.3%
Other Indo-European 97 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 62 0.2%
Tagalog 46 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 32 0.1%
Arabic 28 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,474
Family households: 6,842; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,233
Single-mother households: 1,043
Veterans: 1,273; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,259 34.9%
Black Protestant 2,560 8.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,374 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,027 3.5%
Catholic 737 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.0%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: South Georgia 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: Bainbridge, Cairo, Camilla, Morgan, Newton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 49.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023