Douglas County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 45,920 31.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18,079 12.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 72,827 49.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,627 1.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,391 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 190 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 125 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,729 1.2%

• Under 18 37,449 25.3%
• 18–24 13,815 9.3%
• 25–44 38,745 26.2%
• 45–64 39,828 26.9%
• 65 and over 18,051 12.2%

Median household income

$77,579

90% interval $72,742–$82,416

−$2,333 vs GA · 32nd of 159

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 8.5%–12.9%

−2.1 pp vs GA · 134th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

+0.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.2B

0.93% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,022

Establishments

3,493

• Trade, transportation & utilities 18,403 36.9%
• Education & health services 9,331 18.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,237 10.5%
• Professional & business services 5,169 10.4%
• Manufacturing 4,248 8.5%
• Construction 2,606 5.2%
• Public administration 2,091 4.2%
• Other services 1,180 2.4%
• Financial activities 1,016 2.0%
• Information 396 0.8%
• Unclassified 117 0.2%
• Natural resources & mining 72 0.1%

Home ownership

66.9%

+1.2 pp vs GA · 102nd of 159

Median gross rent

$1,570

+$177 vs GA · 12th of 159

Owner-occupied

34,849

Renter-occupied

17,230

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $137,191/yr) pays 5.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,271/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 46,240 65.4%
• Republican 23,996 33.9%
• Other / third-party 485 0.7%

• Spanish 13,452 9.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,335 1.0%
• Vietnamese 850 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 295 0.2%
• Chinese 168 0.1%
• Korean 136 0.1%
• Arabic 136 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 115 0.1%
• Tagalog 92 0.1%

Households

52,079

Family households

37,751

72.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,825

26.0% of families

Single-mother families

5,329

14.1% of families

Veterans

10,333

9.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 49,229 34.1%
• Catholic 16,784 11.6%
• Mainline Protestant 5,204 3.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,478 3.1%
• Black Protestant 1,858 1.3%

Health insured

87.7%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

12.3%

±1.3 pp

91st of 159

With a disability

12.0%

±0.9 pp

143rd of 159

Bachelor's or higher

30.8%

±1.9 pp

−4.1 pp vs GA · 26th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.1%

90% interval 12.0%–14.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Douglas 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

Douglasville

Traffic fatalities

18

16.3 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17