Floyd County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 68,566 68.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,383 12.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,517 13.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,453 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,354 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 43 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 107 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 270 0.3%

• Under 18 22,606 22.7%
• 18–24 10,666 10.7%
• 25–44 25,149 25.2%
• 45–64 24,528 24.6%
• 65 and over 16,744 16.8%

Median household income

$64,134

90% interval $58,668–$69,600

−$15,778 vs GA · 60th of 159

Below poverty line

14.9%

90% interval 12.3%–17.5%

+2.1 pp vs GA · 96th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.7B

0.65% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,215

Establishments

2,420

• Education & health services 13,290 30.1%
• Professional & business services 7,514 17.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,066 16.0%
• Manufacturing 6,144 13.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,838 10.9%
• Public administration 2,029 4.6%
• Financial activities 1,135 2.6%
• Construction 840 1.9%
• Other services 805 1.8%
• Information 294 0.7%
• Natural resources & mining 185 0.4%
• Unclassified 48 0.1%

Home ownership

63.6%

−2.1 pp vs GA · 127th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,014

−$379 vs GA · 48th of 159

Owner-occupied

23,434

Renter-occupied

13,422

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Financial activities, $85,024/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,857/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 31,631 70.7%
• Democratic 12,862 28.7%
• Other / third-party 245 0.5%

• Spanish 8,744 9.3%
• Vietnamese 277 0.3%
• Arabic 158 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 151 0.2%
• Korean 91 0.1%
• Tagalog 77 0.1%
• Chinese 38 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 30 0.0%
• German or other West Germanic 26 0.0%

Households

36,856

Family households

25,176

68.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,377

29.3% of families

Single-mother families

2,977

11.8% of families

Veterans

4,829

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 43,963 44.6%
• Catholic 8,268 8.4%
• Mainline Protestant 5,533 5.6%
• Black Protestant 2,336 2.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,485 1.5%

Health insured

86.5%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

13.5%

±1.2 pp

71st of 159

With a disability

18.3%

±1 pp

45th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

25.9%

±1.6 pp

−9.0 pp vs GA · 40th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.4%

90% interval 15.0%–17.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Rome Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

4 (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

Rome

Traffic fatalities

14

18.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12