Jury Pool Profile

Effingham County, Georgia

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 67,265
Median household income: $85,465
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 51,410 76.4%
Black or African American alone 9,612 14.3%
Asian alone 504 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 97 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 84 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,144 1.7%
Two or more races 4,414 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,128 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 17,911 26.6%
18–24 5,175 7.7%
25–44 19,119 28.4%
45–64 16,821 25.0%
65 and over 8,239 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,201
Establishments: 1,189

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,478 25.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,794 20.1%
Manufacturing 2,612 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,159 8.3%
Construction 1,022 7.3%
Professional & business services 935 6.7%
Public administration 783 5.6%
Other services 527 3.8%
Financial activities 422 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 116 0.8%
Unclassified 46 0.3%
Information 33 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.5%
Median gross rent: $1,116
Owner-occupied: 18,494
Renter-occupied: 5,061

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,244 votes cast

Republican 26,943 74.3%
Democratic 9,144 25.2%
Other / third-party 157 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,641 2.6%
Other Indo-European 339 0.5%
German 150 0.2%
Other 114 0.2%
Slavic languages 82 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 75 0.1%
Tagalog 69 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 54 0.1%
Vietnamese 47 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,555
Family households: 17,988; 76.4% of households
Married w/ children: 13,886
Single-mother households: 1,364
Veterans: 5,929; 12.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,500 23.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,872 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,046 1.6%
Catholic 878 1.4%
Black Protestant 710 1.1%
Orthodox 54 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 11.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 3 (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: Millen, Springfield, Statesboro, Sylvania

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 16.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023