Jury Pool Profile

Echols County, Georgia

Republican +82 (2024)

Population: 3,705
Median household income: $61,723
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,504 67.6%
Black or African American alone 157 4.2%
Asian alone 233 6.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 278 7.5%
Two or more races 527 14.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,012 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.2

Under 18 1,034 27.9%
18–24 367 9.9%
25–44 1,002 27.0%
45–64 834 22.5%
65 and over 468 12.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.54 pp vs. state
County GDP: $53.9M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,193
Establishments: 62

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 322 50.4%
Education & health services 131 20.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 77 12.1%
Public administration 61 9.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $833
Owner-occupied: 929
Renter-occupied: 280

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,438 votes cast

Republican 1,307 90.9%
Democratic 127 8.8%
Other / third-party 4 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

75.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 694 20.3%
Chinese 128 3.7%
Korean 16 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,209
Family households: 941; 77.8% of households
Married w/ children: 692
Single-mother households: 90
Veterans: 182; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

15.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 538 14.6%
Mainline Protestant 49 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.8%
With a disability: 9.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Southern 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: Moultrie, Quitman, Statenville, Thomasville, Valdosta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 37.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023