Jury Pool Profile

DeKalb County, Georgia

Democratic +65 (2024)

Population: 762,105
Median household income: $77,683
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 229,260 30.1%
Black or African American alone 392,153 51.5%
Asian alone 46,630 6.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,736 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 629 0.1%
Some other race alone 27,257 3.6%
Two or more races 60,440 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79,372 10.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

Under 18 175,339 23.0%
18–24 64,147 8.4%
25–44 235,093 30.8%
45–64 186,074 24.4%
65 and over 101,452 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $59.3B; 6.73% of state
Avg. annual pay: $76,011
Establishments: 23,556

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 93,056 30.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 60,115 19.4%
Professional & business services 46,905 15.1%
Leisure & hospitality 26,844 8.7%
Financial activities 22,095 7.1%
Public administration 19,955 6.4%
Manufacturing 13,200 4.3%
Construction 9,804 3.2%
Information 8,572 2.8%
Other services 8,305 2.7%
Unclassified 907 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 263 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.5%
Median gross rent: $1,591
Owner-occupied: 166,537
Renter-occupied: 118,144

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 366,008 votes cast

Democratic 299,630 81.9%
Republican 62,622 17.1%
Other / third-party 3,756 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

79.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 61,289 8.6%
Other 28,097 3.9%
Other Indo-European 18,292 2.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,062 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 7,689 1.1%
Chinese 6,637 0.9%
Vietnamese 4,111 0.6%
Arabic 3,036 0.4%
Korean 2,562 0.4%
Slavic languages 2,495 0.4%
German 2,173 0.3%
Tagalog 1,068 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 284,681
Family households: 163,068; 57.3% of households
Married w/ children: 105,274
Single-mother households: 21,213
Veterans: 33,178; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 126,206 16.5%
Black Protestant 89,260 11.7%
Catholic 70,738 9.3%
Mainline Protestant 49,342 6.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 45,239 5.9%
Orthodox 8,499 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.0%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 46.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: DeKalb Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 10 (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: Decatur

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 151; 25.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 139

NHTSA FARS 2023