Jury Pool Profile

Gilmer County, Georgia

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 31,976
Median household income: $72,542
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,082 87.8%
Black or African American alone 241 0.8%
Asian alone 141 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 417 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 954 3.0%
Two or more races 2,141 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,839 12.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50

Under 18 5,944 18.6%
18–24 2,049 6.4%
25–44 6,189 19.4%
45–64 9,367 29.3%
65 and over 8,427 26.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,051
Establishments: 825

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,699 21.1%
Manufacturing 1,505 18.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,312 16.3%
Education & health services 1,254 15.5%
Public administration 599 7.4%
Professional & business services 420 5.2%
Construction 400 5.0%
Financial activities 258 3.2%
Other services 237 2.9%
Information 201 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 154 1.9%
Unclassified 27 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $955
Owner-occupied: 10,184
Renter-occupied: 2,428

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,481 votes cast

Republican 14,976 81.0%
Democratic 3,413 18.5%
Other / third-party 92 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,030 6.7%
Other Indo-European 174 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 128 0.4%
German 123 0.4%
Other 104 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 46 0.2%
Slavic languages 26 0.1%
Chinese 23 0.1%
Vietnamese 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,612
Family households: 9,044; 71.7% of households
Married w/ children: 7,093
Single-mother households: 467
Veterans: 2,852; 11% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,919 22.1%
Catholic 2,417 7.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,974 6.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 605 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.8%
With a disability: 19.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Appalachian 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: Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Jasper

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 19.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023