Emanuel County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,275 57.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,112 4.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,218 31.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 198 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,171 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 45 0.2%

• Under 18 5,732 24.9%
• 18–24 1,933 8.4%
• 25–44 6,164 26.8%
• 45–64 5,421 23.5%
• 65 and over 3,776 16.4%

Median household income

$48,801

90% interval $43,346–$54,256

−$31,111 vs GA · 130th of 159

Below poverty line

22.1%

90% interval 16.7%–27.5%

+9.3 pp vs GA · 41st of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$995.8M

0.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,845

Establishments

477

• Education & health services 2,026 28.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,658 22.9%
• Manufacturing 1,504 20.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 568 7.9%
• Public administration 498 6.9%
• Professional & business services 269 3.7%
• Financial activities 226 3.1%
• Construction 198 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 156 2.2%
• Information 9 0.1%
• Other services 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 98.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

60.8%

−4.9 pp vs GA · 139th of 159

Median gross rent

$783

−$610 vs GA · 116th of 159

Owner-occupied

5,052

Renter-occupied

3,260

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $65,916/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,416/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 6,919 71.9%
• Democratic 2,673 27.8%
• Other / third-party 27 0.3%

• Spanish 743 3.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 30 0.1%
• Arabic 21 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 15 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%

Households

8,312

Family households

5,526

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,228

22.2% of families

Single-mother families

833

15.1% of families

Veterans

1,038

6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,661 20.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,163 5.1%
• Black Protestant 626 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 405 1.8%
• Catholic 300 1.3%

Health insured

84.0%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

16.0%

±2.5 pp

30th of 159

With a disability

19.9%

±2.3 pp

24th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

13.5%

±2.3 pp

−21.4 pp vs GA · 128th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.1%

90% interval 15.5%–18.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Middle 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

Louisville, Lyons, Metter, Sandersville, Swainsboro

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

11.56 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2