Gordon County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 44,775 75.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,657 16.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,991 3.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 554 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,900 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 45 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 35 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 143 0.2%

• Under 18 13,672 23.1%
• 18–24 5,068 8.6%
• 25–44 15,369 26.0%
• 45–64 15,629 26.4%
• 65 and over 9,362 15.8%

Median household income

$63,631

90% interval $57,891–$69,371

−$16,281 vs GA · 62nd of 159

Below poverty line

12.1%

90% interval 9.7%–14.5%

−0.7 pp vs GA · 120th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.4B

0.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,647

Establishments

1,275

• Manufacturing 9,079 36.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,946 23.8%
• Education & health services 4,653 18.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,766 7.1%
• Public administration 934 3.7%
• Professional & business services 875 3.5%
• Construction 845 3.4%
• Financial activities 474 1.9%
• Other services 230 0.9%
• Natural resources & mining 114 0.5%
• Information 65 0.3%
• Unclassified 25 0.1%

Home ownership

73.9%

+8.2 pp vs GA · 65th of 159

Median gross rent

$937

−$456 vs GA · 66th of 159

Owner-occupied

15,776

Renter-occupied

5,572

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 79% 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 (Manufacturing, $71,921/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,957/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 20 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 22,495 81.5%
• Democratic 4,982 18.0%
• Other / third-party 129 0.5%

• Spanish 8,034 14.4%
• Vietnamese 272 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 80 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 36 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 34 0.1%
• Tagalog 27 0.0%
• Korean 23 0.0%
• Arabic 3 0.0%

Households

21,348

Family households

15,349

71.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,441

28.9% of families

Single-mother families

963

6.3% of families

Veterans

3,011

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 20,271 35.2%
• Catholic 6,538 11.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,672 4.6%
• Mainline Protestant 2,537 4.4%
• Black Protestant 676 1.2%

Health insured

84.6%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

15.4%

±1.9 pp

35th of 159

With a disability

13.2%

±1.1 pp

128th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

18.8%

±2 pp

−16.1 pp vs GA · 80th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.6%

90% interval 17.1%–20.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Cherokee 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

Calhoun, Cartersville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

24.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10