Jury Pool Profile

Elbert County, Georgia

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 19,725
Median household income: $49,727
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,787 64.8%
Black or African American alone 5,065 25.7%
Asian alone 239 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 138 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 349 1.8%
Two or more races 1,147 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,110 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 4,336 22.0%
18–24 1,398 7.1%
25–44 4,554 23.1%
45–64 5,252 26.6%
65 and over 4,185 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $998.2M; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,565
Establishments: 546

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,667 27.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,396 22.9%
Education & health services 1,055 17.3%
Public administration 694 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 350 5.8%
Professional & business services 294 4.8%
Financial activities 181 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 177 2.9%
Construction 155 2.5%
Other services 90 1.5%
Information 8 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.6%
Median gross rent: $849
Owner-occupied: 5,655
Renter-occupied: 2,590

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,589 votes cast

Republican 6,860 71.5%
Democratic 2,700 28.2%
Other / third-party 29 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 727 4.0%
Vietnamese 99 0.5%
Korean 58 0.3%
Other Indo-European 48 0.3%
Tagalog 12 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,245
Family households: 5,183; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,621
Single-mother households: 439
Veterans: 1,064; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,486 43.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,992 10.1%
Black Protestant 1,254 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 402 2.0%
Catholic 224 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Northern 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: Carnesville, Danielsville, Elberton, Hartwell, Lexington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 38.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023