Jury Pool Profile
Dooly County, Georgia
- County seat
- Vienna
- Judicial district
- Cordele Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 11,156
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,984.
At a glance
Dooly County is an 11,156-person venue. The county population is 41% White and 47% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $48,734, $31,178 below the GA state median of $79,912; 14.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 11.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 21.8% of covered employment, average pay $54,523/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.95%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 51% to 54% of the vote across the three. At least 16% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 10,984
- Median household income
- $60,987
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 41%; Black: 47%.
Dooly County has a population of 10,984, with a median age of 46.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 41.4%; Black residents 47.2%. Independently, 8.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $48,734; 14.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 25.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Manufacturing, about 34% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.8% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 16.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.95%, above the Georgia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 52%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Dooly County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 53.7% in 2024, 52.6% in 2020, 50.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 11.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
11.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 4.7% of the adult civilian population (437 individuals).