Jury Pool Profile

Emanuel County, Georgia

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 22,961
Median household income: $50,053
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,705 59.7%
Black or African American alone 7,448 32.4%
Asian alone 187 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 53 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 359 1.6%
Two or more races 1,209 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,067 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.6

Under 18 5,750 25.0%
18–24 1,902 8.3%
25–44 6,064 26.4%
45–64 5,547 24.2%
65 and over 3,698 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $995.8M; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,582
Establishments: 471

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,924 27.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,640 23.2%
Manufacturing 1,505 21.3%
Leisure & hospitality 549 7.8%
Public administration 498 7.1%
Professional & business services 262 3.7%
Financial activities 206 2.9%
Construction 189 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 164 2.3%
Other services 86 1.2%
Information 32 0.5%
Unclassified 7 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.8%
Median gross rent: $742
Owner-occupied: 4,944
Renter-occupied: 3,323

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,619 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 828 3.9%
Other Indo-European 181 0.8%
Arabic 21 0.1%
Other 19 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.1%
German 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,267
Family households: 5,518; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,248
Single-mother households: 798
Veterans: 1,164; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.4% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.3%
With a disability: 20.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 29.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023