Jury Pool Profile

Dooly County, Georgia

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 11,026
Median household income: $56,545
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,606 41.8%
Black or African American alone 5,283 47.9%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 64 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 350 3.2%
Two or more races 723 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 845 7.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.9

Under 18 1,753 15.9%
18–24 733 6.6%
25–44 2,833 25.7%
45–64 3,283 29.8%
65 and over 2,424 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $413.4M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,624
Establishments: 230

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 545 21.9%
Public administration 423 17.0%
Education & health services 342 13.8%
Professional & business services 99 4.0%
Other services 74 3.0%
Leisure & hospitality 49 2.0%
Financial activities 32 1.3%
Unclassified 8 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.6%
Median gross rent: $761
Owner-occupied: 2,612
Renter-occupied: 1,307

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,177 votes cast

Republican 2,243 53.7%
Democratic 1,921 46.0%
Other / third-party 13 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 898 8.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 59 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 42 0.4%
Other 30 0.3%
German 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,919
Family households: 2,634; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,624
Single-mother households: 233
Veterans: 469; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,217 37.6%
Black Protestant 734 6.5%
Mainline Protestant 718 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 98 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.8%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Cordele 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: Abbeville, Cordele, Fitzgerald, Vienna

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 53.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023