Jury Pool Profile

Dodge County, Georgia

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 19,909
Median household income: $50,152
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,085 65.7%
Black or African American alone 6,133 30.8%
Asian alone 3 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 67 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 290 1.5%
Two or more races 331 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 680 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 3,785 19.0%
18–24 1,783 9.0%
25–44 5,057 25.4%
45–64 5,465 27.4%
65 and over 3,819 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $585.0M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,731
Establishments: 377

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,675 33.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 879 17.7%
Public administration 592 11.9%
Manufacturing 531 10.7%
Leisure & hospitality 331 6.7%
Professional & business services 304 6.1%
Construction 222 4.5%
Other services 210 4.2%
Financial activities 145 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 26 0.5%
Information 20 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.4%
Median gross rent: $688
Owner-occupied: 4,552
Renter-occupied: 2,105

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,350 votes cast

Republican 6,249 74.8%
Democratic 2,081 24.9%
Other / third-party 20 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 353 1.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 15 0.1%
Arabic 11 0.1%
German 9 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,657
Family households: 4,575; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,157
Single-mother households: 454
Veterans: 916; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,384 57.1%
Black Protestant 694 3.5%
Mainline Protestant 634 3.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 239 1.2%
Catholic 150 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.9%
With a disability: 22.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Oconee 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: Alamo, Cochran, Eastman, Hawkinsville, McRae-Helena, Mount Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 37.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023