Jury Pool Profile

Early County, Georgia

Republican +12 (2024)

Population: 10,683
Median household income: $53,750
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,628 43.3%
Black or African American alone 5,541 51.9%
Asian alone 31 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 123 1.2%
Two or more races 354 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 225 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 2,617 24.5%
18–24 1,062 9.9%
25–44 2,155 20.2%
45–64 2,782 26.0%
65 and over 2,067 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +1.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $656.7M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,332
Establishments: 275

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,107 30.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 713 19.5%
Professional & business services 286 7.8%
Public administration 275 7.5%
Leisure & hospitality 158 4.3%
Financial activities 133 3.6%
Construction 126 3.4%
Other services 58 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.3%
Median gross rent: $774
Owner-occupied: 2,844
Renter-occupied: 1,199

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,879 votes cast

Republican 2,718 55.7%
Democratic 2,158 44.2%
Other / third-party 3 0.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 129 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,043
Family households: 2,736; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,581
Single-mother households: 375
Veterans: 544; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,252 30.0%
Black Protestant 1,348 12.4%
Mainline Protestant 721 6.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 165 1.5%
Catholic 75 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.6%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Pataula Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Blakely, Colquitt, Cuthbert, Dawson, Donalsonville, Fort Gaines, Georgetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 12.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023