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Jury Pool Profile

Gwinnett County, Georgia

Democratic +16.5 (2024)
County seat
Lawrenceville
Judicial district
Gwinnett Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
1,018,099
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 979,864.

At a glance

Gwinnett County is a 1,018,099-person venue. The county population is 33% White and 28% Black (Census race-alone categories). 24% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $89,709, $9,797 above the GA state median of $79,912; 39.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 38.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (3.8%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.5% of covered employment, average pay $64,285/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.16%, below the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 51% to 58% of the vote across the three.

Population
979,864
Median household income
$87,890
Unemployment
3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 33%; Black: 28%.

Gwinnett County has a population of 979,864, with a median age of 36.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 33.3%; Black residents 28.4%. Independently, 23.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $89,709; 39.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 300,049 30.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 232,470 23.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 272,310 27.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 129,422 13.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 38,933 4.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,016 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 267 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 5,397 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 36

  • Under 18 255,158 26.0%
  • 18–24 92,043 9.4%
  • 25–44 267,290 27.3%
  • 45–64 254,583 26.0%
  • 65 and over 110,790 11.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$89,709
90% interval $87,710–$91,708
+$9,797 vs GA · 16th of 159
Below poverty line
10.4%
90% interval 9.4%–11.4%
−2.4 pp vs GA · 138th of 159

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Trade & transportation anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 25% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.16%, below the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.2%
−0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP
$72.4B
8.21% of state
Avg. annual pay
$68,299
Establishments
34,352

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 99,366 25.5%
  • Education & health services 80,123 20.5%
  • Professional & business services 69,917 17.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 39,058 10.0%
  • Construction 27,998 7.2%
  • Manufacturing 27,478 7.0%
  • Financial activities 18,259 4.7%
  • Other services 10,185 2.6%
  • Public administration 9,179 2.4%
  • Information 6,660 1.7%
  • Unclassified 1,544 0.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 402 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
66.3%
+0.6 pp vs GA · 107th of 159
Median gross rent
$1,810
+$417 vs GA · 3rd of 159
Owner-occupied
216,729
Renter-occupied
110,314

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Information, $117,760/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,658/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 56%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Gwinnett County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.6% in 2024, 58.4% in 2020, 51.0% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 420,681 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201645.2%51.0%
202040.2%58.4%
202441.1%57.6%
  • Democratic 242,507 57.6%
  • Republican 173,041 41.1%
  • Other / third-party 5,133 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 38.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

38.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 5.0% of the adult civilian population (36,385 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

61.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 186,542 20.3%
  • Korean 23,130 2.5%
  • Vietnamese 22,497 2.4%
  • Chinese 16,332 1.8%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 11,563 1.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7,825 0.9%
  • Arabic 4,958 0.5%
  • Tagalog 2,160 0.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 1,994 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
327,043
Family households
241,551
73.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
81,790
33.9% of families
Single-mother families
23,809
9.9% of families
Veterans
36,385
5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

49.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 207,383 21.7%
  • Catholic 107,918 11.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 66,146 6.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 62,116 6.5%
  • Black Protestant 27,796 2.9%
  • Orthodox 2,841 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
84.8%
±0.5 pp
Uninsured
15.2%
±0.5 pp
38th of 159
With a disability
8.9%
±0.3 pp
155th of 159
Bachelor's or higher
39.0%
±0.7 pp
+4.1 pp vs GA · 9th of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
16.5%
90% interval 15.7%–17.3% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Gwinnett Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges
11 (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
Lawrenceville
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Gwinnett totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
65
8.97 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
61

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Gwinnett County, Georgia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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