Fayette County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 67,878 55.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,504 8.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 30,947 25.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,045 4.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,653 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 130 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 59 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,028 1.7%

• Under 18 27,500 22.5%
• 18–24 10,306 8.4%
• 25–44 25,821 21.1%
• 45–64 34,150 27.9%
• 65 and over 24,467 20.0%

Median household income

$117,563

90% interval $107,675–$127,451

+$37,651 vs GA · 3rd of 159

Below poverty line

5.8%

90% interval 4.6%–7.0%

−7.0 pp vs GA · 157th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.18 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.3B

0.94% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,180

Establishments

4,816

• Education & health services 11,213 23.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 10,895 22.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 7,936 16.4%
• Manufacturing 4,850 10.0%
• Professional & business services 4,677 9.6%
• Construction 3,067 6.3%
• Other services 1,840 3.8%
• Financial activities 1,712 3.5%
• Public administration 1,537 3.2%
• Information 430 0.9%
• Unclassified 201 0.4%
• Natural resources & mining 124 0.3%

Home ownership

80.1%

+14.4 pp vs GA · 23rd of 159

Median gross rent

$1,898

+$505 vs GA · 2nd of 159

Owner-occupied

35,714

Renter-occupied

8,867

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $97,573/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,844/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 38,177 51.2%
• Democratic 35,822 48.0%
• Other / third-party 634 0.8%

• Spanish 7,901 6.8%
• Korean 1,110 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 894 0.8%
• Vietnamese 542 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 453 0.4%
• Chinese 436 0.4%
• Tagalog 373 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 89 0.1%
• Arabic 74 0.1%

Households

44,581

Family households

34,566

77.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

10,526

30.5% of families

Single-mother families

2,682

7.8% of families

Veterans

10,979

11.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 46,242 38.8%
• Catholic 21,720 18.2%
• Mainline Protestant 12,432 10.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,466 5.4%
• Black Protestant 954 0.8%
• Orthodox 170 0.1%

Health insured

91.4%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

8.6%

±1.1 pp

147th of 159

With a disability

12.4%

±0.8 pp

136th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

49.9%

±1.9 pp

+15.0 pp vs GA · 5th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 9.3%–11.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

6 (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

Fayetteville, Griffin, Thomaston, Zebulon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

14.78 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14