Jury Pool Profile

Gordon County, Georgia

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 58,336
Median household income: $61,997
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 47,200 80.9%
Black or African American alone 2,160 3.7%
Asian alone 676 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,133 1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 118 0.2%
Some other race alone 2,815 4.8%
Two or more races 4,234 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,371 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

Under 18 13,622 23.4%
18–24 4,996 8.6%
25–44 15,268 26.2%
45–64 15,470 26.5%
65 and over 8,980 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.4B; 0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,205
Establishments: 1,241

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 9,086 36.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,878 23.6%
Education & health services 4,690 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,734 7.0%
Public administration 921 3.7%
Professional & business services 830 3.3%
Construction 823 3.3%
Financial activities 474 1.9%
Other services 225 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 149 0.6%
Information 59 0.2%
Unclassified 32 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.6%
Median gross rent: $872
Owner-occupied: 15,128
Renter-occupied: 5,713

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,606 votes cast

Republican 22,495 81.5%
Democratic 4,982 18.0%
Other / third-party 129 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,649 13.9%
Vietnamese 329 0.6%
Other Indo-European 325 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 97 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 73 0.1%
Slavic languages 29 0.1%
German 22 0.0%
Korean 21 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,841
Family households: 15,102; 72.5% of households
Married w/ children: 11,494
Single-mother households: 802
Veterans: 2,787; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.9%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 38.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023