Jury Pool Profile
Echols County, Georgia
- County seat
- Statenville
- Judicial district
- Southern Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,685
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,709.
At a glance
Echols County is a 3,685-person venue. The county population is 64% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 21% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 58.1%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $51,554, $28,358 below the GA state median of $79,912; 15.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 22.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 46.6% of covered employment, average pay $54,537/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.69%, below the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 86% to 91% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 3,709
- Median household income
- $59,489
- Unemployment
- 2.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 64% / 6%.
Echols County has a population of 3,709, with a median age of 30.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.7%; Black residents 6.3%. Independently, 21.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $51,554; 15.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 47% of covered jobs.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 46.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.69%, below the Georgia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 88%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Echols County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 90.9% in 2024, 87.2% in 2020, 85.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 82% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 22.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
22.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Korean. Veterans account for 6.4% of the adult civilian population (165 individuals).