Jury Pool Profile

Dougherty County, Georgia

Democratic +41 (2024)

Population: 83,915
Median household income: $46,784
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,016 23.9%
Black or African American alone 59,207 70.6%
Asian alone 659 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 139 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,392 1.7%
Two or more races 2,502 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,561 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 20,277 24.2%
18–24 8,763 10.4%
25–44 20,838 24.8%
45–64 19,782 23.6%
65 and over 14,255 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +1.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.3B; 0.71% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,123
Establishments: 2,628

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 12,652 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 10,292 22.4%
Professional & business services 5,459 11.9%
Leisure & hospitality 4,980 10.8%
Public administration 3,862 8.4%
Manufacturing 3,506 7.6%
Other services 1,421 3.1%
Financial activities 1,292 2.8%
Information 697 1.5%
Unclassified 64 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 46.5%
Median gross rent: $905
Owner-occupied: 15,956
Renter-occupied: 18,324

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 33,850 votes cast

Democratic 23,831 70.4%
Republican 9,904 29.3%
Other / third-party 115 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,983 2.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 258 0.3%
Tagalog 208 0.3%
German 167 0.2%
Arabic 142 0.2%
Chinese 137 0.2%
Other 135 0.2%
Other Indo-European 89 0.1%
Vietnamese 66 0.1%
Korean 56 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.0%
Slavic languages 23 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 34,280
Family households: 20,073; 58.6% of households
Married w/ children: 9,074
Single-mother households: 5,060
Veterans: 5,741; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 25,459 29.7%
Black Protestant 8,388 9.8%
Mainline Protestant 7,097 8.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,254 5.0%
Catholic 2,123 2.5%
Orthodox 50 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.0%
With a disability: 18.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Dougherty Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Albany

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023