Dougherty County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,959 22.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,710 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 58,321 70.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 577 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,166 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 72 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 286 0.3%

• Under 18 20,025 24.1%
• 18–24 8,651 10.4%
• 25–44 20,713 24.9%
• 45–64 19,259 23.2%
• 65 and over 14,443 17.4%

Median household income

$50,559

90% interval $47,192–$53,926

−$29,353 vs GA · 120th of 159

Below poverty line

23.6%

90% interval 19.3%–27.9%

+10.8 pp vs GA · 25th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+1.45 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.3B

0.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,821

Establishments

2,604

• Education & health services 12,353 27.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,958 22.2%
• Professional & business services 5,234 11.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,908 10.9%
• Public administration 3,810 8.5%
• Manufacturing 3,484 7.8%
• Construction 1,526 3.4%
• Other services 1,418 3.2%
• Financial activities 1,254 2.8%
• Information 597 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 288 0.6%
• Unclassified 69 0.2%

Home ownership

45.3%

−20.4 pp vs GA · 157th of 159

Median gross rent

$935

−$458 vs GA · 67th of 159

Owner-occupied

15,538

Renter-occupied

18,742

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $99,123/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,240/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 2,358 3.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 277 0.4%
• Tagalog 207 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 144 0.2%
• Arabic 84 0.1%
• Chinese 82 0.1%
• Vietnamese 50 0.1%
• Korean 36 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24 0.0%

Households

34,280

Family households

20,139

58.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,645

13.1% of families

Single-mother families

4,980

24.7% of families

Veterans

5,857

9.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

86.9%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

13.1%

±1.3 pp

78th of 159

With a disability

18.5%

±1.2 pp

43rd of 159

Bachelor's or higher

22.8%

±1.7 pp

−12.1 pp vs GA · 56th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.3%

90% interval 12.9%–15.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

Traffic fatalities

13

20.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10